Joshua leans into the kiss, chasing the sensation of Alecto's lips, the understanding between them.
Even if he didn't understand the full significance of what Alecto was promising, he can recognize the import, the weight that Alecto was putting on it. The thought of being without Alecto for barely fourteen days in a year seems like an unimaginable luxury, after the desert of the past few months. He has a ready answer: "Even if I could only see you one day in every ten years, that would be enough. You would be enough."
When he hears Alecto's request his cheeks pink slightly and he glances away, unable to meet his eyes. He reaches for the thin silver chain around his neck, tugs the thin gold band Alecto had left behind out from where it rested, still warm from being pressed against his bare skin, over his heart. He unhooks the chain clumsily, lets the silvery links pool in the palm of his hand as he offers it out to Alecto, silently.
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Even if he didn't understand the full significance of what Alecto was promising, he can recognize the import, the weight that Alecto was putting on it. The thought of being without Alecto for barely fourteen days in a year seems like an unimaginable luxury, after the desert of the past few months. He has a ready answer: "Even if I could only see you one day in every ten years, that would be enough. You would be enough."
When he hears Alecto's request his cheeks pink slightly and he glances away, unable to meet his eyes. He reaches for the thin silver chain around his neck, tugs the thin gold band Alecto had left behind out from where it rested, still warm from being pressed against his bare skin, over his heart. He unhooks the chain clumsily, lets the silvery links pool in the palm of his hand as he offers it out to Alecto, silently.