I TOLD YOU NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME. it was true — @wrathbit had said just that on a roof not so dissimilar to the one they stand upon now. wade remembers how the wind caught at his suit , how his legs ached from the hours he'd stood on them , how peter's mouth looked as he spoke. he remembers wanting to touch. his arm had been severed earlier in the evening, and he couldn't reach him if he tried. that didn't stop the fantasies. the urges. the need to reach over and just brush his fingertips over peter's lip, over his cheekbone… over the fabric of his mask where it bunched up above his nose. fuck , it had been such a long time since then. so much had changed. so much had stayed the same. the need to touch never waned, but he'd grown stronger. more capable of resisting. fantasies were his friend, and reality his enemy.
I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU … I TOLD YOU NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME.
the words hover there for another moment. silence deafening before finally , wade nods. he understood. swallowing , the merc gives a little shrug. as if the movement could wash the moment from his skin. ❝ i think i remember you sayin' somethin' like that. ❞ he speaks , and his voice trembles a little. ( not much , thank god . ) ❝ i'll take your advice next time, for sure. ❞