[ it's not the question he was asking, and not the answer he was expecting, but.
somehow? it still says everything.
it's like the thought of leaving keith, not wanting to be with him, has never even crossed shiro's mind. that it was nothing he needed to soothe because it was never even in the equation.
and that's...
... it's more than keith deserves, more than he knows how to handle. and that's why he can't even find the words to respond, why all he can do is stand there struggling and choking on his own words until finally he just breaks. and then he's clutching at shiro like he'll be lost to keith forever if he lets go, even though the wound left on his shoulder by the trials still protests sharply at the movement. his breath hitches with something that keith is trying (desperately) not to allow to turn itself into a sob, shoulders jerking with ragged little breaths ]
I thought --
[ a knife in his chest, one that twists each time he tries to suck in a breath. ] I thought you were gonna --
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Date: 2019-01-06 01:51 am (UTC)somehow? it still says everything.
it's like the thought of leaving keith, not wanting to be with him, has never even crossed shiro's mind. that it was nothing he needed to soothe because it was never even in the equation.
and that's...
... it's more than keith deserves, more than he knows how to handle. and that's why he can't even find the words to respond, why all he can do is stand there struggling and choking on his own words until finally he just breaks. and then he's clutching at shiro like he'll be lost to keith forever if he lets go, even though the wound left on his shoulder by the trials still protests sharply at the movement. his breath hitches with something that keith is trying (desperately) not to allow to turn itself into a sob, shoulders jerking with ragged little breaths ]
I thought --
[ a knife in his chest, one that twists each time he tries to suck in a breath. ] I thought you were gonna --