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[thirtythird]

Oh, love.

[This is the problem with honesty. This is the joy of honesty?]

You ought to rest.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he shakes his head and winces at the crick in his head. ]

I'm fine. Truly.

[thirtythird]

I ought to rest, then.

[But possibly here, where he could keep smoothing tear=tracks from his husband's cheeks.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ his lips twitch slightly. ]

You should. How are you feeling of late?

[thirtythird]

Remarkably well, actually.

[Given the very, very sorry state he'd been in before meeting Loki in the hall.]

You're to thank for that.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki smiles at that. ]

It was the least I could do.

[ it wavers slightly. ]

I should have been there.

[thirtythird]

Careful, love.

[It's so easy to get stuck in the should-haves. It's so easy to find oneself at the bottom of a spiral, dragged down by the weight of perceived failure piled upon perceived failure.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ ah. loki shakes himself out of it mentally. ]

My apologies. I . . . am still finding the right line to myself and being . . . decent.

[thirtythird]

Not easy to learn.

[Particularly not, he imagines, while so much had to be unlearned in the process. His thumb flits fretfully at Loki's cheek.]

Better today than yesterday.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki smiles faintly, the corners of his eyes crinkling. ]

And better tomorrow, I would hope.

[thirtythird]

[That's a bit better. That's something his own lips can echo, amplify.]

You always manage to be. [Time for a light forehead kiss.] You'll manage better if you rest, I expect.

[dothelokimotion]

I am resting.

Your presence is a balm.

[thirtythird]

Charmer. [One who should have a kiss on the cheek now.] Budge up, then.

[Surely a nap would also be resting.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki shifts carefully to make room for william. ]

There's plenty of space.

[thirtythird]

Thank you, love.

[It's a small thing, perhaps, to share a space like this. It feels immensely comforting all the same to be allowed to settle into place where he can feel the reality of a person someone of such particular importance, settling in with an utterly contented sigh.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki weaves their fingers together, pulling them up for a light kiss. ]