[He's simply moving, of course, to respond to you in kind: with a hand against the nape of your neck to anchor you in place, and an arm around you to keep you close.
The truth is hard to hear regardless of the fact that he has already thought about this in the context of their relationship and where it might end up taking them in the future. It is also hard to hear the way that you say it, because clearly, this is ruining you in small, subtle but significant ways.]
You're not the only one who can see clocks.
[That is said softly. It seems as though they were both going to only constantly and painfully aware of the fact that they were going to do this on incredibly limited time.]
You have me. [And again, because he wants to reassure you.] You do.
[That was likely going to be the case for a long, long time, and well past Josh's own death. That was the way the Blade King fell in love: he stayed in it no matter how short the actual relationship ended up being, or how bad it ever got.]
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The truth is hard to hear regardless of the fact that he has already thought about this in the context of their relationship and where it might end up taking them in the future. It is also hard to hear the way that you say it, because clearly, this is ruining you in small, subtle but significant ways.]
You're not the only one who can see clocks.
[That is said softly. It seems as though they were both going to only constantly and painfully aware of the fact that they were going to do this on incredibly limited time.]
You have me. [And again, because he wants to reassure you.] You do.
[That was likely going to be the case for a long, long time, and well past Josh's own death. That was the way the Blade King fell in love: he stayed in it no matter how short the actual relationship ended up being, or how bad it ever got.]