[ But that's just it, isn't it? It is you, and he loves you so much. It's one thing to be the King of the Lightless Lands in a room full of friends, comrades, and people who practically see him as their god. It's another to be like this with no one else but you in the room, utterly exposed.
Still, the certainty in your words and the caress of your fingers over his skin blow holes right through the uncertainty, reminding him only of the precise effect that you have and always will have on him. ]
I'll... [ Pausing, swallowing. ] I'll try not to.
[ Maybe you'll be able to meet him halfway from there, and keep this particular part of his past from ever hurting him again. ]
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Still, the certainty in your words and the caress of your fingers over his skin blow holes right through the uncertainty, reminding him only of the precise effect that you have and always will have on him. ]
I'll... [ Pausing, swallowing. ] I'll try not to.
[ Maybe you'll be able to meet him halfway from there, and keep this particular part of his past from ever hurting him again. ]