( He knows. They know. But it makes him happy that they both say it. )
... And I want you to be just as you are, too. Because that's the Ish I've come to love as I do.
( "Love" is also a word he's been careful with, for someone who uses it as freely as he does - and yet he slips it in here, obliquely and stripped of the full phrase but not the full meaning, furtive and mischievous the way he might steal a kiss; the way he does press into Ish's embrace, and holds him tenderly in turn. )
... Even if she's upset with you... I'll be beside you through it. Even if I'm not there, I am. And I don't intend to be apart from you, ever.
( Wherever this scolding - or worse - takes place, he will be beside Ish, whether or not Ish allows him to be there, hand in hand. And though the idea that Norna may be cross with him is puzzling, he resigns to the idea that he does not know the nuance of their relationship - and if Ish loves her all the same, and he doesn't want to speak of it now, then he accepts it.
After all, how Gwawlyn would treat Hwylryn would probably arouse alarm in those who look on. But could Hwylryn do anything but love him? It must be the same for Ish.
He presses his cheek to the side of Ish's head, still holding him tight, lips murmuring in his ear (just a little bully): )
Do you mind if I spoil you, a little bit?
( He's referring to the snacks he brought... but he also 100% is Not going to move from Ish's lap. He lives here now, forevermore. Implications forthcoming. )
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( He knows. They know. But it makes him happy that they both say it. )
... And I want you to be just as you are, too. Because that's the Ish I've come to love as I do.
( "Love" is also a word he's been careful with, for someone who uses it as freely as he does - and yet he slips it in here, obliquely and stripped of the full phrase but not the full meaning, furtive and mischievous the way he might steal a kiss; the way he does press into Ish's embrace, and holds him tenderly in turn. )
... Even if she's upset with you... I'll be beside you through it. Even if I'm not there, I am. And I don't intend to be apart from you, ever.
( Wherever this scolding - or worse - takes place, he will be beside Ish, whether or not Ish allows him to be there, hand in hand. And though the idea that Norna may be cross with him is puzzling, he resigns to the idea that he does not know the nuance of their relationship - and if Ish loves her all the same, and he doesn't want to speak of it now, then he accepts it.
After all, how Gwawlyn would treat Hwylryn would probably arouse alarm in those who look on. But could Hwylryn do anything but love him? It must be the same for Ish.
He presses his cheek to the side of Ish's head, still holding him tight, lips murmuring in his ear (just a little bully): )
Do you mind if I spoil you, a little bit?
( He's referring to the snacks he brought... but he also 100% is Not going to move from Ish's lap. He lives here now, forevermore. Implications forthcoming. )