[Ah, and there he is, leaning into Palamedes with all the things neither of them have managed to say. Palamedes' grip in his hair is probably a fraction too tight but it's only to keep him steady, and he half expects kissing him like this to feel like drowning but it doesn't, it's—
It's a jolt back to his senses, back to - to reality, as he blinks himself awake in turn and squints at the vague shapes of Viktor and Rio, dimly lit by the moon orb on the other side of the room. A dream, then, and he wonders why he's woken up so abruptly, shifts to lean up on one elbow on his side, to squint some more.
Were he wearing his glasses to sleep like a complete madman, it would take him less time to notice the tears still running down Viktor's face. Instead he has to squint, and the realization makes the whole room lurch for a second. Automatically his hand goes to Viktor's cheek to brush off the freshest tears there, and, ah-?]
You're awake? Did you dream, too?
[Let's start there, at the beginning: did that happen, insofar as they both were 'there'? He already feels like his heart's been wrung out and left on the floor, and now Viktor is (still) crying— that's not... great.]
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It's a jolt back to his senses, back to - to reality, as he blinks himself awake in turn and squints at the vague shapes of Viktor and Rio, dimly lit by the moon orb on the other side of the room. A dream, then, and he wonders why he's woken up so abruptly, shifts to lean up on one elbow on his side, to squint some more.
Were he wearing his glasses to sleep like a complete madman, it would take him less time to notice the tears still running down Viktor's face. Instead he has to squint, and the realization makes the whole room lurch for a second. Automatically his hand goes to Viktor's cheek to brush off the freshest tears there, and, ah-?]
You're awake? Did you dream, too?
[Let's start there, at the beginning: did that happen, insofar as they both were 'there'? He already feels like his heart's been wrung out and left on the floor, and now Viktor is (still) crying— that's not... great.]