It wasn't ideal, I know... but that doesn't change my mind. If it is selfish to be glad that you still stand, when the reality is that you could have been dealt the same hand... then perhaps I'm more selfish than most.
[His voice has already softened again; he doesn't intend to demand anything, but he can't accept that idea. That somehow, wanting to live at another's expense is selfish... it's just life.
Gepard reaches up to run fingers through his hair, eyes closing lightly. This is clearly a heavy topic for the redhead, but... he hopes, at least, that speaking about it can help ease a little of it.]
I have no intention of letting it bury you without complaint, Dohalim. I'll support your every effort, but you are... far too important to me to just give up on. Especially now.
[It's a small acknowledgement, a certainty that there really is no going back from this. For better or worse, their relationship has changed... and for better or worse, Dohalim has attached himself to one of the most protective people alive.]
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[His voice has already softened again; he doesn't intend to demand anything, but he can't accept that idea. That somehow, wanting to live at another's expense is selfish... it's just life.
Gepard reaches up to run fingers through his hair, eyes closing lightly. This is clearly a heavy topic for the redhead, but... he hopes, at least, that speaking about it can help ease a little of it.]
I have no intention of letting it bury you without complaint, Dohalim. I'll support your every effort, but you are... far too important to me to just give up on. Especially now.
[It's a small acknowledgement, a certainty that there really is no going back from this. For better or worse, their relationship has changed... and for better or worse, Dohalim has attached himself to one of the most protective people alive.]