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[claritatis]

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[claritatis]

[His eyes stay closed as she kisses the corner of his mouth, such a subtle smile there that it might not have been there at all. He only looks at her when she speaks, and by then he's already put one arm around her and is idly toying with a curl of her hair, wrapping it loosely around his fingers and letting it run around them when he moves his hand.

At first, he thinks she means Saber, and nearly answers to that effect. At first, but then he remembers sharply that Kate always expects loss, and she would not have been surprised by this so much as sadly resigned to it.

He realises then, that she's looking at him, and she means--]

Nor I.

[It's more a quiet sigh than words, and a movement of his arm to pull her gently closer.]

[dedikated]

( She won't complain, her head finding a comfortable spot to rest, the words washing over her as her eyes close. This will all come to an end eventually, as everything before it has, and that knowledge weighs heavily in her stomach as she breathes in against his shoulder. One day, she'll wake up in bed alone again and the flat will be just a little too quiet. Familiar names will disappear from the network. And the city will move on, as it always does.

Sleep comes quickly, in a haze of tangled thoughts and whiskey-heavy eyelids as she reaches blindly for his hand. Dreamless, heavy sleep that will all too soon give way to the morning's headache, but for now-

For now. That's really all anyone can expect of Hadriel. The gods are tormenting us for now. This person is here for now. Everything is ephemeral, flitting in and out of the city like gusts of wind. )