#reykjarvik

[eldurogiis]

reykjarvik replied to your post “”I’m going to need you to turn down your protectiveness for just a…”

“We’re in public. You’re sitting here with me. I’m as safe as I can get from a boy,” where did he learn this ridiculous practice, she feels the need to go interrogate the rest of the Nordics and figure it out. Maybe get revenge for her lack of freedom. “Relax, will you? You don’t have to watch out for my virtue.”

          ❝ Fine, ❞ he says, finally letting up. It’s been a while since he and Ada had time together on their own and he was not wasting it on some perverted asshole (he can’t believe the jerk was his citizen). He shakes his head and takes a sip of his coffee, savoring its taste and the way the heat does wonders to his dry throat. ❝ So... how have you been? ❞ He asks, an easy smile forming on his features.

[kongerigetdanmark]

reykjarvik replied to your post: ”I see you brought your extra large spoon to stir...

“Oh, I’m not telling you off, I’m encouraging you. If you’re stirring up trouble no one will notice me slip away, see?” with a grin of mischief, she pats his back as high as she can reach given that she’s wearing flat shoes. “But if you didn’t intend to, forget that I just told you this, okay?”

“Slippin’ away for what though?” It’s not like she’s a little child that needs to justify herself when she wants to go away for a time. “Trouble might be the wrong word for it though, then again, Norge will certainly think so.” Somewhat helplessly, he gesture with his hands, mouth twisted with discomfort. 

“Og if ya goin’  somewhere for longer, please tell Egill. He’s gonna worry.”

[kongerigetdanmark]

“What I need right now is some good advice, please.“

It’s clear in the way he holds himself that he doesn’t think he would be a good person to ask for advice, by the way he sighs and closes his eyes. Rubs the nape of his aching neck. But it would be unfair to just dismiss her, not when she holds her in such high regard.

“Before ya start I’d like to remind ya of the fact that I’m generally a bit of an unconventional problem solver og what works for me might not work for ya. But I’ll try, okay?”

[kongerigetdanmark]

“I don’t ever wanna let you down.”

It’s sometimes so easy to forget that she’s more his daughter than anything else. Especially when such tender words leave her lips, causing his blood to run a lot warmer than previously. That’s probably why he grabs her wrist, gently pulling her towards him to share it.

To share his warmth with her, since she’s the reason.

“I don’t think ya could.”

[kongerigetdanmark]

“People are all just people, right? When it gets down to it, everyone’s the same. They love something. They want something. They fear something.“

Generally I’d agree, yeah. But it doesn’t mean that everyone’s the same, ya know? Motives differ and with that the amount of everything.” He holds still. 

“Do ya wanna tell me something?”

[kongerigetdanmark]

“I wish that we could start over and change everything that went wrong.”

“But we’re here now.”

He says, gently, softly, tucking a stray curl of hair behind her ear. “Everything we did brought us to what we are now, og don’t you think that was worth it?”

It’s rare that he admits it to himself, even rarer for him to admit it to her. It’s just him, maybe, but he’s done with regret. They can’t change the past and truthfully, they should not yearn to do so.

“You grew, I grew, everyone did. We got wiser, quieter, better. We improved, love, og we’ll continue to do so. Don’t stunt yourself with these kind of thoughts.”

Though, even if she does, he’ll be there to remind er of all the good things which happened.

[kongerigetdanmark]

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“Why did you lie to me?”

[kongerigetdanmark]

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“Is there no one you can trust?”