voleuri:
hair is tucked behind her ear and fingers drift, feather-light still down the side of her jaw, until they reach her neck. his hand falls back to his side then, but he keeps close proximity. watches her expression as it flickers between emotions, and roman wants nothing more than to wrap his arms ‘round her shoulders and keep her safe from this all. it’s a burden that she must bear herself, but one roman wants to take strain for her.
❛ you don’t have to get there first. ❜ he offers slowly, waiting for her to flinch away and turn him down before he can finish the thought. ❛ we can go. forget about this all. atlas has enough small villages to hide in. patch is bound to, too.❜
‘ i can’t. it isn’t that easy, roman. ‘
his hand falls, she reaches out to catch it with her own. she’s letting her rarely existing fear best her, and she knows it; some of it had reason, others... less so. she wants to believe they could run from a goddess with the temper of a demon. her determination wavers each time the topic is brought up -- but she refuses to allow him to know that she is afraid.
‘ she and i are connected, she could track my every move -- i don’t want that. ‘











