Fitz... lets him go. As he must. He will not force the Fool to touch him.
Duty has always had too great a hold on both of them, for all that the note
in the Fool's voice makes Fitz's heart break.
For all that Fitz wanted to ease the Fool's sleep, he has managed to do
entirely the opposite. There is nothing but tension in the lean line of the
other's back. "I understand," he says, and it is simultaneously a lie and
one of the harsher truths of his recent life. "We will - we will manage, as
ever, Beloved."
On 20 January 2018 at 12:20, afoolsgold - DW Comment <dw_null@dreamwidth.org</p>
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Fitz... lets him go. As he must. He will not force the Fool to touch him. Duty has always had too great a hold on both of them, for all that the note in the Fool's voice makes Fitz's heart break.
For all that Fitz wanted to ease the Fool's sleep, he has managed to do entirely the opposite. There is nothing but tension in the lean line of the other's back. "I understand," he says, and it is simultaneously a lie and one of the harsher truths of his recent life. "We will - we will manage, as ever, Beloved."
On 20 January 2018 at 12:20, afoolsgold - DW Comment <dw_null@dreamwidth.org</p>