Return!

[vanyel_ashkevron]

I'm tired, Mun. What do you wish of me? I have played your games before and found little enjoyment in them.

[He looks up from darning a blanket. Why yes, he can darn. Shut up. It's manly.]

What do you mean anything is possible?

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[vanyel_ashkevron]

[Ah, another reason to not pin him down. No, bad wording. No pinning.]

Do you have interest in them? [His chest aches hollowly even as he smirks.] I would prefer if you took care of yourself.

[wildgift]

Not in the slightest, though they all seem to think I do. Better safe than sorry, after all, and I'd rather not risk a woman's wrath.

Certain people make that far easier said than done. How else was I supposed to get you to notice me?

[vanyel_ashkevron]

A woman's wrath is something to fear. I have suffered the slings and arrows of it in person.

Stefen, you needn't hurt yourself to get my attention. I notice you.

[wildgift]

It's something I'd prefer to avoid.

It certainly didn't seem like it at the time.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

Has it ever occurred to you that I notice you too much? [He turns to hide his expression.] You have had many partners. Why settle?

[wildgift]

No.

Because it isn't settling. Hellsteeth, haven't you figured that out yet?

[vanyel_ashkevron]

I do. You're beautiful.

[His body burns with desire and he hates it. Why is Stefen getting irritated so alluring?]

It wouldn't be on my end.

[wildgift]

It wouldn't on mine either. Gods, Van, since I met you I haven't been with anyone else. I just don't want to be anymore.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

You…haven't? No one? [His eyes widen in wonder.]

[wildgift]

No one. Ask Medren.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

He has said you're…different. I didn't know it was because of me.

[wildgift]

Well, now you do. What do you intend to do about it?

[vanyel_ashkevron]

Check you for some mental illness, perhaps?

[wildgift]

I'm perfectly fine, Vanyel.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

Then… [He rests their heads together, sighing.] Stefen, I'm a Herald. I could die at any moment. I don't want you to have to mourn for me. I've been through that.

[wildgift]

Do you really think I don't know that? Gods, Van, quit trying to send me away.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

[Swallowing with difficulty, he drags Stefen into a desperate kiss.]

I don't want to!

[wildgift]

[Wait what did that just happen]

So don't.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

[Break him down why don't you, adorable Bard.]

I can't imagine a happy ending for this…for us.

[wildgift]

[Victory!]

The world isn't always ending.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

Except when it is. [He smiles, the expression pained.] I've…had one dream in particular for most of my life. At this point, I wonder if it's a vision.

[wildgift]

Oh.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

But maybe it can be changed. I'm not as I once was.

[wildgift]

I hope so.

[vanyel_ashkevron]

If…I have you…I have reason to live.