impacter: (149)

[personal profile] impacter 2024-04-26 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
...

Would you like to stay out here for a little longer?

[It's a quiet, casual response. There's been enough lecturing, and the night has been long.]

We don't need to speak. And we can go back, if you would rather remain in your room. But I think, regardless, you should let yourself rest. Even if it's just for a little while.

You've been through quite a lot today.
impacter: (148)

[personal profile] impacter 2024-04-26 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Mika gets comfortable, and Solomon follows suit shortly after, crossing one leg against his knee.]

No. Not to a monster.

Just to Mika.

[From one warping husk of humanity to another. A moment of solitude, of careful quietness, before facing the world and its cruelties again.]