Hesitant Touch , Forehead to Forehead , Kiss on the Mouth. ( *winks* gimme spaus bby )
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Forehead to Forehead: I’m here / understandHesitant Touch: You’ve hurt me / I still care for you. Kiss on Mouth: I love you / I’ve missed you.
@aristocraxtic || bittersweet fluff?? spaus? sign me the fuck up
hushed words are heavily cloaked and concealed by the burgundy drapery enclosing them, the prattle of the ballroom a few doors down muffled above their voices. antonio holds him close; closer than he ever had before. despite their recent consequences marking the breakup of their joint imperial rule, a beaming smile recounts a thousand tales which are now mere words on a parchment, giving no evidence to such a tragedy’s existence.
even then, his eyes cannot deceive him in this dim corner. he senses hesitance. much more than he’d ever known. something strikes his core— HE CREATED THIS. he understands it well, understands how much pain and suffering he just might have brought down on roderich these past years. as the monarchy cripples, the people divided, his grief and temper has made a fairly decent mark on the remainder of their once enlivening relationship. the weight of the world sits on them completely different now, and such has forced the unspeakable from their lips. no matter, he still sticks to his standing all the same; politically, they needed this separation to keep the fluidity of their states. personally, however, he has lost his most loyal and dear and for that he is ridden with remorse.
but who was to say he couldn’t have ONE last moment ? a bittersweet ending to this chapter, in which the clocks reversed and they revisited their old nature: foolish, naive, affection in every gesture. a hand rests at the back of his neck, foreheads gently pressed against the other, roderich kisses him and he dares not object. rather, he relishes completely in what will no longer be his come the tempestuous years ahead.
a break is made, and he erupts into a near inaudible chuckle, well accompanied by delighted eyes and a soft smile akin to june’s summery glow. loyal ally, best friend — beloved — this would shrivel away with the sands of time. however, now such a possibility had moved past his reality.








