[Having heard Everett express it that way, having felt the truth of the words through the Bond, changes something in Myr's distorted image of himself--rectifies it, heals a little of what he'd lost along with his eyes. No matter how you appear.
He'd have said the same to anyone he cared about himself; why should he be the exception in anyone else's regard? (Because he had been, once. But perhaps--painful to confess as it was--that said more about them than it did about him.)
He nuzzles his face against Everett's, suddenly and overwhelmingly and openly grateful to have the older man with him, to be here and safe in this moment.]
I'm sorry to have worried you. All's well, now, with you here. [The chaos in the city is another thing he could let be a source of guilt--but he had helped how he could, and retreated when he needed to, and now... And now he simply needs the presence of his Bonded as Everett needs him.
The suggestion they Bond immediately after it's over gets a noise of grateful affirmation out of him. And,] Imagine us showing up like this in the Coven for the ceremony.
[It would be a disaster. And he can--they both can--wait until they're back in their proper shapes (if that ever happens) to renew their Bond.
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He'd have said the same to anyone he cared about himself; why should he be the exception in anyone else's regard? (Because he had been, once. But perhaps--painful to confess as it was--that said more about them than it did about him.)
He nuzzles his face against Everett's, suddenly and overwhelmingly and openly grateful to have the older man with him, to be here and safe in this moment.]
I'm sorry to have worried you. All's well, now, with you here. [The chaos in the city is another thing he could let be a source of guilt--but he had helped how he could, and retreated when he needed to, and now... And now he simply needs the presence of his Bonded as Everett needs him.
The suggestion they Bond immediately after it's over gets a noise of grateful affirmation out of him. And,] Imagine us showing up like this in the Coven for the ceremony.
[It would be a disaster. And he can--they both can--wait until they're back in their proper shapes (if that ever happens) to renew their Bond.
But imagine for a moment.]