Though we may have all parted, even upon our own Star we found one another at long last. Did you not know? We sleep together within the Underworld - our long rest, well earned. We three Unsundered, and all those souls from within Zodiark.
[For several heartbeats Themis is quiet, still. Much like he had with others, with Lahabrea's very son, he ensures that the older man is doing this because it is what he truly wishes - not out of a sense of obligation, or of pressure. An opportunity to pull back. When Hephaistos does not, he leans into the touch, head tilting just so for better access to those well-worn hands. His own arms slip around to complete the embrace.
Though there is no tight force to pull them together, it is tender all the same. It means something.]
I forgive you. For everything. For any and all. Let that weight fall, my dearest friend, it is not yours to shoulder.
[He has something he wishes to ask, but waits for Hephaistos to steady himself. It is no small thing. The older man's previous experiences regarding the subject, too, are touchy at best. Instead...]
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Date: 2024-06-06 06:02 am (UTC)[For several heartbeats Themis is quiet, still. Much like he had with others, with Lahabrea's very son, he ensures that the older man is doing this because it is what he truly wishes - not out of a sense of obligation, or of pressure. An opportunity to pull back. When Hephaistos does not, he leans into the touch, head tilting just so for better access to those well-worn hands. His own arms slip around to complete the embrace.
Though there is no tight force to pull them together, it is tender all the same. It means something.]
I forgive you. For everything. For any and all. Let that weight fall, my dearest friend, it is not yours to shoulder.
[He has something he wishes to ask, but waits for Hephaistos to steady himself. It is no small thing. The older man's previous experiences regarding the subject, too, are touchy at best. Instead...]
I love you.