( he can feel the stress coming off of emmet. radiating off of him in waves, pouring over the edges and drowning him in it. he can't promise emmet the world, not like he once could have. blood means--nothing in this timeline. his natural-born title no longer holds any worth, even if sylvain has never let that stop him. emmet wraps around him, and sylvain moves to press himself over him. presses stomach-to-stomach, head tipping to kiss the curve of emmet's jawline, before sliding to his ear, then up into his hair. )
I would give you everything you wanted and more, if I could. I would tell the world to kneel at your feet, to listen to your words to obey. ( a breath in, sharp. before he lets it out slow. ) But the one time we stop is going to be the one time Lucien wins. And one win is all he needs, for all of this to be over.
( the world, everyone in it, everything they've worked so hard to save, it would all be over. their cycle would be, too, finished and done, they'd be over, which--god. the relief would be great, being done with it, but they can't give up. they started this vicious cycle, even if it hadn't been intentional. they'll have to be the ones who finish it, too. finish lucien once and for all, get rid of the book, stop all of this from ever happening again. )
Once this is over, we'll go find somewhere close to the old country, mm? A little cottage, far away from everything else. Get a few dogs maybe, and stay out there until we finally pass from old age. No knives, swords, no fire, just old creaky bones.
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( he can feel the stress coming off of emmet. radiating off of him in waves, pouring over the edges and drowning him in it. he can't promise emmet the world, not like he once could have. blood means--nothing in this timeline. his natural-born title no longer holds any worth, even if sylvain has never let that stop him. emmet wraps around him, and sylvain moves to press himself over him. presses stomach-to-stomach, head tipping to kiss the curve of emmet's jawline, before sliding to his ear, then up into his hair. )
I would give you everything you wanted and more, if I could. I would tell the world to kneel at your feet, to listen to your words to obey. ( a breath in, sharp. before he lets it out slow. ) But the one time we stop is going to be the one time Lucien wins. And one win is all he needs, for all of this to be over.
( the world, everyone in it, everything they've worked so hard to save, it would all be over. their cycle would be, too, finished and done, they'd be over, which--god. the relief would be great, being done with it, but they can't give up. they started this vicious cycle, even if it hadn't been intentional. they'll have to be the ones who finish it, too. finish lucien once and for all, get rid of the book, stop all of this from ever happening again. )
Once this is over, we'll go find somewhere close to the old country, mm? A little cottage, far away from everything else. Get a few dogs maybe, and stay out there until we finally pass from old age. No knives, swords, no fire, just old creaky bones.