𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙍 𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙏

                      ❝ Just a bit longer . . . ❞

             ⊹  ࣪  ˖  ―― He'd murmur as his tail possessively wrapped around the craftsman. Of course he knew these meets needed to be done, and he had much paper work - but spending time alone with the man he so dearly loved would come first before anything else in the world. He wanted nothing than to stay with his darling Yingxing. Teeth dragged against his flesh before he then changed his mind, pressing the gentlest of kisses against his cheek and neck, like marks from a butterfly

be it bite or kiss, dan feng is always gentle with him. yingxing cannot help the laughter bubbling out of him as he wraps an arm around the dragon's waist. " just a little longer, " he agrees.

he wants to spend as much time as he can with yinyue, knowing that they don't have a lot of it. yingxing still has a few decades in him but he knows that at the end of the day, his existence is a blip in the high elder's life. despite how much he tries to continue smiling for his beloved, yingxing can't help the way the corners of his lips falter for a moment.

the best he can do his bury his face in long, ebony locks to try and hide this moment of weakness. he knows how dan feng is, knows how much he hates to think of a world without yingxing in it. more than anything, the craftsman doesn't want to bring pain to his lover.

caretaker.

i'll  stay  until  you  fall  asleep.

you're  not  a  burden.  not  to  me.

you  don't  have  to  act  tough  with  me.

let  me  help.

if  you  need  to  cry,  i'll  look  the  other  way.

you  don't  have  to  talk.

let  me  handle  it,  just  for  a  minute.

rest,  i'll  watch  over  you.

i  don't  care  if  you  think  you're  fine.  i'm  staying.

deep  breaths.

just  lean  on  me.

you're  safe  now,  okay?  just  breathe.

i  know  it  hurts.  i'll  sit  here  as  long  as  it  takes.

i'm  not  leaving  until  i  know  you're  okay.

you  don't  need  to  hide.

let  me  take  care  of  you  this  time.

shh.  i'm  right  here.

you  don't  have  to  put  on  a  smile  for  me.

i  don't  think  less  of  you.

i'll  be  here  when  you  wake  up.

you're  allowed  to  lean  on  me.  that's  what  i'm  here  for.

you  don't  have  to  be  okay.

scoot  over,  i'm  not  letting  you  sleep  alone.

your  hair's  a  mess.  let  me  brush  it.

don't  apologize.

cared  for.

i'm  tired,  that's  all.

please  don't  go.

i  don't  know  what  i  need.

you  didn't  need  to  come.

you  shouldn't  have  to  see  me  like  this.

i  hate  feeling  like  this.

i  was  trying  to  push  through.  i  think  i  made  it  worse.

this  is  so  embarrassing.

can  you  just...  stay  a  little  longer?

i  didn't  think  anyone  would  notice...

i'm  not  safe  in  my  own  head  right  now.

why  are  you  being  so  gentle  with  me?

i  don't  want  you  to  fix  me.

today's  just...  one  of  the  harder  days.

i  didn't  know  i  needed  to  hear  that.

can  you  stay?  after  i  fall  asleep?

sorry.  i  didn't  mean  to  flinch.

i  don't  always  know  what's  going  to  help.

this  is  the  nicest  anyone’s  been  to  me  all  week.

i'm  sorry.  i  know  i'm  a  lot.

i  don't  even  know  why  i'm  crying...

i  think  i'm  broken.

you  didn't  have  to  do  all  this  for  me.

i  don't  want  to  be  a  burden.