Soft Fluff || Not Accepting This Is So Damn Old Blease Kill Me
@gildedusurper said: “Please, stay by my side.”
Having known the knight for just over a year, knowing just how seriously he could take the Medic’s deadpan statements, it shouldn’t have come as any surprise that his tasteless ribbing might have been misconstrued as being far more genuine than he’d meant. He understood that about his lover, generally taking care to avoid sensitive topics like breakups or the island’s tendency for whisking others away in his humor... and even still, mistakes are made. He’s still very much himself.
It’s precious moments after eyes widen that his own words register, swiftly replaced by gratefully accepted apologies and assurances of their falsehood, the worst of the tears avoided through the use of one firm, timely embrace and an emphatic kiss. The ensuing silence and brushing of cheeks gives way to Augustus’ plea, be it whispered through the necessity of a wavering voice or some desire to hold onto that calm, sending yet more daggers of guilt into the elder’s chest.
“Always.” Hands are disentangled from his own dark hair to be clasped between them by their larger counterparts, distance forced between painted lips and an already smeared face, spine curving to better meet his gaze, “Augustus, I swear to you. I’ve already sworn to you, that I would stay.”
“Nothing short of some catastrophe could tear me from you, und even then I would fight to return.” Of the two of them, he’s the most out of his element in regards to emotional outbursts. There’s a moment of concerned uncertainty before those digits are pressed to pursed lips, proximity restored, for once allowing his raw train of thought the freedom of expression, “They could offer to send me to mein home, und I would choose you. They could take mein work, mein gun, und I would still stay. For so long as I am humanly capable, und even after that, I will stay. No matter what nonsense I might spout, I would not truly leave you over something so frivolous.”