As we spend our lives together. Those words resonate with Carlisle again, underscoring the importance of why he must find a way to survive beyond what little time he has. Didn't he tell Kate that whatever machinations the gods have planned next might be his last? How long will that statement be potentially true? What if—
He closes his eyes, pressing his forehead to his lover's frame and trying to focus on Glacius' words rather than his own thoughts. They circle in his mind like hungry beasts; he allows his partner to protect him, to be his shield from such anxieties.
"How different things might have been if you'd left me to my own devices that night in my garden," he murmurs. "If Algidus had never appeared here, and you hadn't seen me at my lowest. We would surely be friends, but- but would we be that much more? Would we be as we are now?"
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He closes his eyes, pressing his forehead to his lover's frame and trying to focus on Glacius' words rather than his own thoughts. They circle in his mind like hungry beasts; he allows his partner to protect him, to be his shield from such anxieties.
"How different things might have been if you'd left me to my own devices that night in my garden," he murmurs. "If Algidus had never appeared here, and you hadn't seen me at my lowest. We would surely be friends, but- but would we be that much more? Would we be as we are now?"