[ If anything can be said about him, beyond his solemnity and his silence, it's that Messer is a patient man. And not always as unaffected as he seems, despite that. Something about her shortness of breath against his mouth makes her sudden movement a hazy blur, and Messer finds himself full of her in the same instant. So full. Pressed flush to him, taking his breath away in kind. Messer knows her voice inside and out. He cherishes it. Hearing his name like that, quiet, breathlessly — a jolt races up his back, but he minds it. Its lattices only make it so far under the responsibility he feels for her. His arms circle about her, one to her shoulders, one to her waist. To steady them both.
To prove that even now, he is listening. ]
Kaname. [ He murmurs her name into her hair, no formality attached, cheek pressed to her crown. ] It's alright.
[ Those words have been Messer's mantra for so long, but there's a new light to it. For the first time that he can remember since Marienburg, Messer doesn't wonder about the merit of his own life. Even if he's carefully locked what might have been away, her effect is unmistakable: throwing open all the windows, warming the long halls of his heart. Her deep breaths resonate in his chest, and he tightens his hold on her in reassurance.
It's alright because they're both here. Tired, hurt, holding the pieces together between them. Together. ]
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To prove that even now, he is listening. ]
Kaname. [ He murmurs her name into her hair, no formality attached, cheek pressed to her crown. ] It's alright.
[ Those words have been Messer's mantra for so long, but there's a new light to it. For the first time that he can remember since Marienburg, Messer doesn't wonder about the merit of his own life. Even if he's carefully locked what might have been away, her effect is unmistakable: throwing open all the windows, warming the long halls of his heart. Her deep breaths resonate in his chest, and he tightens his hold on her in reassurance.
It's alright because they're both here. Tired, hurt, holding the pieces together between them. Together. ]