( she listens quietly... unable to find the right words and unsure if there was right words at this moment. for a moment, saoirse can only hold his hands and hope they offered him some sort of comfort in the tense moment that have passed on from her to him. carefully she let's go of his hands and reaches out to wrap her arms around his shoulders instead, pulling him into a hug. )
A mage is fire made flesh and a demon asleep. It's a proverb that I was told time and time again as if was something meant to happen because of how I was born. Because I wasn't like everyone else. It was held over me, kept me scared senseless of myself and wondering just what little mistake would trigger my transformation into an abomination. I couldn't stand it... the thought of hurting others.
( she squeezes harder, pressing a small kiss to his shoulder. )
I can't understand exactly how you feel but I know what you're saying... that isn't you just like I know now that that isn't me. And that man, ( because she refuses to say 'father' as if he deserved such a title. ) He might be the reason you were born but he didn't make you who you are. You did that, you made the choices and fought to be who you are right now. I can see how much Ignis cares and respects you, how glad he is that you're his friend.
( all she can do is hold him, hope her words make some sense and pray. ) You couldn't have know about them but now you do, now you can make a difference. You and your friends together. Because I know, just as I do, that your friends love you and I doubt they'd let you go so easily.
[Her very presence comforts him, and her hands in his help ground him. And when she pulls him into a hug, he immediately leans into her, arms clutching her tightly.
It's a sad, heart-wrenching similarity between the mages and the Magitek clones. Not the same, no, but the parallels exist. All told what they had to be, given little (or no) choice and their image maligned by general society. But as sad as it is, it does help her understand, and he's grateful for that. Especially since he's sure some of this goes over her head because of the science involved. Hell, even he barely understands half of it.]
I hope you're right. Iggy said as much, too. [He squeezes her gently.] Thank you, Saoirse. For accepting me. I.. didn't know how you were going to react when I told you. The last thing I wanted was to scare you away. But, it looks like neither of us are going anywhere.
( she leans back slightly, nose scrunched and smiling wide as she places a lopsided kiss to his nose. it really is so very hard to see him upset, she hates but maker-- she understands. in some odd, twisted, strange way... she understands. )
I know I'm right and, obviously, you are simply stuck with me. I want to stay at your side, Prompto. Would that be fine with you?
[His own nose scrunches in delight at the kiss it receives.]
I wouldn't call it stuck. More like lucky. [And he absolutely is. Saoirse's wonderful, and kind, and beautiful. She learned about his past and what it makes him, and yet here she stays. All that worry for nothing. He almost laughs in relief.] It'd be more than fine. I don't think anything would make me happier.
( because, in the end, her own secrets were laid bare but he's still here. he's still in reach and still, in his own special way, making her heart sing. it brings a splash of color to her face, smile widening as he leans in to kiss him again. )
Though I refuse to leave this spot until I see a smile from you. ( she says between more kisses. grinning all the while. ) And be sure to remind me never to be away from you for so long again.
[Prompto begs to differ, thank you very much, and he almost says as much, but before he can she's kissing him. And the protest evaporates from his mind as he returns her affections, arms pulling her closer as he lays back on the bed.]
What if I don't want you to leave, though? Will I have to be grumpy all night?
( saoirse can't help but giggle as he lays back, pulling her along and making sure to kick her shoes off before she pulls her legs close to get comfortable against him. )
Hmm. I would wonder if you could manage to stay grumpy that long, I am very persuasive and a very good kisser. ( she says, grinning but ever so enjoying getting to kiss him more. ) But if you don't want me to leave then all you have to do is ask me to stay.
[And she is absolutely right on all counts. Despite trying to stay straight-faced, he finds it increasingly hard as he returns yet another kiss. Especially when she laughs like that. Damn, at this rate he's not gonna last two minutes.]
You got me there. [Guilty as charged.] But I mean... do you? Of course I hope you do, but I know you literally just got back from a trip and I'd totally get it if you want to sleep in your own bed. One free of me and a certain cat.
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Date: 2018-05-25 02:49 am (UTC)A mage is fire made flesh and a demon asleep. It's a proverb that I was told time and time again as if was something meant to happen because of how I was born. Because I wasn't like everyone else. It was held over me, kept me scared senseless of myself and wondering just what little mistake would trigger my transformation into an abomination. I couldn't stand it... the thought of hurting others.
( she squeezes harder, pressing a small kiss to his shoulder. )
I can't understand exactly how you feel but I know what you're saying... that isn't you just like I know now that that isn't me. And that man, ( because she refuses to say 'father' as if he deserved such a title. ) He might be the reason you were born but he didn't make you who you are. You did that, you made the choices and fought to be who you are right now. I can see how much Ignis cares and respects you, how glad he is that you're his friend.
( all she can do is hold him, hope her words make some sense and pray. ) You couldn't have know about them but now you do, now you can make a difference. You and your friends together. Because I know, just as I do, that your friends love you and I doubt they'd let you go so easily.
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Date: 2018-05-25 02:53 pm (UTC)It's a sad, heart-wrenching similarity between the mages and the Magitek clones. Not the same, no, but the parallels exist. All told what they had to be, given little (or no) choice and their image maligned by general society. But as sad as it is, it does help her understand, and he's grateful for that. Especially since he's sure some of this goes over her head because of the science involved. Hell, even he barely understands half of it.]
I hope you're right. Iggy said as much, too. [He squeezes her gently.] Thank you, Saoirse. For accepting me. I.. didn't know how you were going to react when I told you. The last thing I wanted was to scare you away. But, it looks like neither of us are going anywhere.
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Date: 2018-05-26 03:55 am (UTC)I know I'm right and, obviously, you are simply stuck with me. I want to stay at your side, Prompto. Would that be fine with you?
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Date: 2018-05-28 10:07 pm (UTC)I wouldn't call it stuck. More like lucky. [And he absolutely is. Saoirse's wonderful, and kind, and beautiful. She learned about his past and what it makes him, and yet here she stays. All that worry for nothing. He almost laughs in relief.] It'd be more than fine. I don't think anything would make me happier.
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Date: 2018-05-28 10:33 pm (UTC)( because, in the end, her own secrets were laid bare but he's still here. he's still in reach and still, in his own special way, making her heart sing. it brings a splash of color to her face, smile widening as he leans in to kiss him again. )
Though I refuse to leave this spot until I see a smile from you. ( she says between more kisses. grinning all the while. ) And be sure to remind me never to be away from you for so long again.
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Date: 2018-05-28 11:50 pm (UTC)What if I don't want you to leave, though? Will I have to be grumpy all night?
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Date: 2018-05-29 12:12 am (UTC)Hmm. I would wonder if you could manage to stay grumpy that long, I am very persuasive and a very good kisser. ( she says, grinning but ever so enjoying getting to kiss him more. ) But if you don't want me to leave then all you have to do is ask me to stay.
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Date: 2018-06-01 11:25 pm (UTC)You got me there. [Guilty as charged.] But I mean... do you? Of course I hope you do, but I know you literally just got back from a trip and I'd totally get it if you want to sleep in your own bed. One free of me and a certain cat.
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Date: 2018-06-03 03:51 am (UTC)I cannot think of anything better after all the time apart. I spent enough time alone in Starkhaven and on the road.
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Date: 2018-06-04 10:29 pm (UTC)Well then. Guess you're stuck with me for the night.