The easy hugs had mostly ever only come from Rhy, but Kell hadn't realized how much he'd missed hers until he'd thought they would not touch again. She felt like a warmth that threatened to have him melting.
Kell didn't let go of himself, but he did relax marginally, a shiver of nerves under her touch before he braced himself, becoming something more comfortable to lean into and against. He wrapped his arm around her back.
Sometimes they miss important things.
"They will be," Kell confirmed, but didn't explain that their protective concern would be for Arnes, and for Rhy, far before it would ever be for Kell himself. Emira saw him as invincible, and Saints only knew what Maxim thought.
Rather than get into it, sipped at his tea. It was already starting to cool.
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Kell didn't let go of himself, but he did relax marginally, a shiver of nerves under her touch before he braced himself, becoming something more comfortable to lean into and against. He wrapped his arm around her back.
Sometimes they miss important things.
"They will be," Kell confirmed, but didn't explain that their protective concern would be for Arnes, and for Rhy, far before it would ever be for Kell himself. Emira saw him as invincible, and Saints only knew what Maxim thought.
Rather than get into it, sipped at his tea. It was already starting to cool.
"Do you have any other questions?"