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⛧ Aʟʟᴇɴ "ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴇsᴛ" Wᴀʟᴋᴇʀ ★ ([personal profile] likethelight) wrote in [community profile] deercountry 2022-11-12 06:14 am (UTC)

[ It's funny how to believe is to be called naive. That's how it always was with Allen, despite his being such a wily and worldly person not prone to letting the wool be pulled over his eyes. Despite being someone who knows you have to be a little underhanded sometimes just to survive. To believe in someone and their ability to overcome, in an inherent human goodness, is to be seen as naive and that's why Allen has also always been called that no matter how savvy in battle he might ever be.

When did faith in others become something to be mocked and called naive for? But that's why Allen has never belonged in his own world, too kind and too gentle to be anything other than hurt and disappointed over and over again in a world full of cruel reality.

Shouto's ice freezes him but isn't why he's frozen. His body locked in a struggle between two sets of consciousness, a push and pull, as his expression remains Nea's but twitches. Teeth grit in determination as he locks eyes with Shouto as if it's all his fault, and the clipped use of his name and disabling attack doesn't seem to tip the balance at all. It just seems to redouble Nea's will and his body trembles under the strain, the desire to crush and something holding him back.

But then Shouto's hand warms against his neck and his eyes abruptly widen, perfectly moonlike and surprised. Pale silvery grey in an instant, and his expression goes momentarily blank, softening subtly as it becomes more like Allen. His left hand goes slack at his throat.

Before something clicks and his eyes snap abruptly back onto Shouto's. Dazzlingly bright grey with himself and surprise as he realizes the moment and their position, where they are. That he's cold, that he's frozen, but Shouto's hand is also warm against the back of his neck and cradling it so gently. He stares, not understanding at first. Would overbalance and fall if not for the ice keeping him in place. ]


Shou— [ He blinks once, focusing. ]

...to? [ His hand--

Why is his hand... at your throat? ]

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