I’m fine-- [ He hangs on that last word a bit, and is promptly interrupted by a yawn he stifles with the back of a gloved hand.
Okay, maybe he’s more worn out from all of this than he thought. Maybe there’s hope for sleep yet. That doesn’t mean he’s not still secretly fighting it, wanting to stay awake with Mikleo just a little while longer. Just in case.
It’s unsettling, really. They’re not joined anymore; he can’t feel Mikleo in his heart like he could before, and that leaves behind a loneliness that has him shivering once, faintly, as though a chill just passed over him. ]
Besides, I don’t need to think of myself -- that’s what I’ve got you for.
[ Said with a knowing smile before he sinks just a little more against that neighboring frame. Until they can find a way back to each other, being pressed shoulder-to-shoulder under a mound of blankets will have to do. ]
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Okay, maybe he’s more worn out from all of this than he thought. Maybe there’s hope for sleep yet. That doesn’t mean he’s not still secretly fighting it, wanting to stay awake with Mikleo just a little while longer. Just in case.
It’s unsettling, really. They’re not joined anymore; he can’t feel Mikleo in his heart like he could before, and that leaves behind a loneliness that has him shivering once, faintly, as though a chill just passed over him. ]
Besides, I don’t need to think of myself -- that’s what I’ve got you for.
[ Said with a knowing smile before he sinks just a little more against that neighboring frame. Until they can find a way back to each other, being pressed shoulder-to-shoulder under a mound of blankets will have to do. ]