[ As soon as Tav stops scrabbling, Gale reaches for the window and shuts it -- casts an arcane lock on it as he drags the man back away. ]
You're not going anywhere, not if I have any say in the matter. Come on, deep breaths, I'm with you.
[ Not that breathing helps much, but focus does.
This is... troublesome, however. If Bhaal is still trying to call Tav, then there's more on the to do list than just trying to restore his memories. They need to address that as well, to somehow free him of the god's hold.
[Tav squirms in Gale’s arms for a moment or two more before he focused on the prompted breathing. Inhale, exhale. Gale is here, holding him. Inhale, exhale. He can’t get out, Bhaal won’t have him this night.
Inhale, exhale.]
Thank you. [Tav murmurs as the sweat drains down his temple.
The voice rises again, claws behind his eyes and tears into his chest.]
I’m not going back. [He says again, more resolutely.]
[Tav nods, curling tight into Gale on the bed. Inhale. Exhale. The voice continues to call, to return to the underground, to be his Chosen.
Or suffer the consequences.
Tav buries his face in Gale’s shoulder, feeling a familiar comfort there even as his body twitches and contorts against the urge to listen to his father.]
[My love. Tav knows those words, that tone. Memories surge forward: pecks in camp, laughter by the fire, hushed conversations out in the woods under the stars. Blood trickles down from his nose, but Tav pushes the memories to continue, filling the gaps where Gale exists.
He wipes the blood from his lips and leans in, attempting to slot his mouth against Gale’s.]
I’m remembering you. [Tav smiles fondly, bringing up one hand to cover Gale’s. He relishes the newly-roughened skin, from the soft hands of a scholar to the hardened calluses of an adventurer. He remembers magicking shadow-cursed thorns out of these hands or watching them twist and turn when casting spells. More blood trickles down from Tav’s nose, but he doesn’t stop it.]
Remembering you blocks out the voice.
[Tav can barely hear the echoes if he focuses on Gale, if he’s centered on those brown eyes.]
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Date: 2023-12-17 08:47 pm (UTC)You're not going anywhere, not if I have any say in the matter. Come on, deep breaths, I'm with you.
[ Not that breathing helps much, but focus does.
This is... troublesome, however. If Bhaal is still trying to call Tav, then there's more on the to do list than just trying to restore his memories. They need to address that as well, to somehow free him of the god's hold.
Easier said than done, of course. ]
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Date: 2023-12-17 09:10 pm (UTC)Inhale, exhale.]
Thank you. [Tav murmurs as the sweat drains down his temple.
The voice rises again, claws behind his eyes and tears into his chest.]
I’m not going back. [He says again, more resolutely.]
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Date: 2023-12-17 10:06 pm (UTC)[ He eases them both to sit on the edge of the bed, arms twining more comfortably around Tav. ]
We can fight this, you and I, together. We've faced worse odds, haven't we? You just stay with me, and we'll keep each other safe.
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Date: 2023-12-17 10:20 pm (UTC)Or suffer the consequences.
Tav buries his face in Gale’s shoulder, feeling a familiar comfort there even as his body twitches and contorts against the urge to listen to his father.]
We have. We have.
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Date: 2023-12-19 10:18 pm (UTC)No god can take you from me. Whatever fate we are to face, my love, we will do so together. I will be with you. I will not let you down, not again.
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Date: 2023-12-19 10:42 pm (UTC)He wipes the blood from his lips and leans in, attempting to slot his mouth against Gale’s.]
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Date: 2023-12-21 02:30 pm (UTC)Then their lips meet, and suddenly he tastes it.
Gale pulls back in surprise, wide brown eyes searching his face and one hand gently coming up to cup his cheek. ]
Are you alright?
[ Does it hurt? Is it bad? Is something else happening? ]
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Date: 2023-12-21 02:47 pm (UTC)Remembering you blocks out the voice.
[Tav can barely hear the echoes if he focuses on Gale, if he’s centered on those brown eyes.]