[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.]
[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.]
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dothelokimotion) wrote2020-04-18 07:42 am
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It was the least I could do.
[ it wavers slightly. ]
I should have been there.
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[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.]
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My apologies. I . . . am still finding the right line to myself and being . . . decent.
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[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.
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And better tomorrow, I would hope.
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You always manage to be. [Time for a light forehead kiss.] You'll manage better if you rest, I expect.
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Your presence is a balm.
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[Surely a nap would also be resting.]
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There's plenty of space.
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[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.]
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