Percy let Vax's wrist go. He did not, as a rule, touch people voluntarily or for any length of time. "I know." Because he'd seen his sister struck with four arrows. He'd seen her fall and he'd run. When Vex and Vax had been inseparable, he'd been alone and keenly missed a family he'd never see again.
And he knew what it was to miss Vex herself. Not yet - not the way Vax did and he doubted that he ever would - but it had been ...years really, years since he'd looked into her eyes and realized for the first time that he was utterly in love with her...
and that it was possibly the worst thing that could have ever happened, because he was damned and no relationship could ever survive the hate that was at the core of him. So he'd pushed it away and made arrows. He'd given her every coin that passed through his hands. He'd fought beside her and missed her.
And now, he was going to learn a new way to miss her - when less than a week ago he'd kissed her for the first time, when 24 hours ago he'd gone to her room with liquid Courage and discovered she was way head of him.
Percy cleared his throat. Not the time to relive that particular memory.
Re: For Phryne
And he knew what it was to miss Vex herself. Not yet - not the way Vax did and he doubted that he ever would - but it had been ...years really, years since he'd looked into her eyes and realized for the first time that he was utterly in love with her...
and that it was possibly the worst thing that could have ever happened, because he was damned and no relationship could ever survive the hate that was at the core of him. So he'd pushed it away and made arrows. He'd given her every coin that passed through his hands. He'd fought beside her and missed her.
And now, he was going to learn a new way to miss her - when less than a week ago he'd kissed her for the first time, when 24 hours ago he'd gone to her room with liquid Courage and discovered she was way head of him.
Percy cleared his throat. Not the time to relive that particular memory.