[At first, Essek feels like he's having some kind of flashback nightmare, that his mind is so lonely he's superimposing the first person he's had any interested in other than his soulmate. As if his mind refuses to believe in something like this happening to him, that everything he's suffered cannot have been for nothing. Because then why--
But Caleb is crying - those deep oceans spilling over - and he feels it as if he's feeling his own. His hand coming up to brush his own cheek as he hears Caleb's words, the certainty behind them..
Essek's hand comes away wet, his own tears falling either because of or in tandem with Caleb's. His hand tremors as he stares at Caleb before hiding his eyes behind tightly closes lids, shaking his head.]
How.. how are you here? My soulmate.. my flame is dead-- [His voice catches and his breathing picks up as tears will not dam behind his lids. It's agony, he's in agony and the light of the room pulses with his distress. What should have been a happy reunion is only met with his fear of this being fake, a lie..
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Date: 2023-04-06 08:25 pm (UTC)But Caleb is crying - those deep oceans spilling over - and he feels it as if he's feeling his own. His hand coming up to brush his own cheek as he hears Caleb's words, the certainty behind them..
Essek's hand comes away wet, his own tears falling either because of or in tandem with Caleb's. His hand tremors as he stares at Caleb before hiding his eyes behind tightly closes lids, shaking his head.]
How.. how are you here? My soulmate.. my flame is dead-- [His voice catches and his breathing picks up as tears will not dam behind his lids. It's agony, he's in agony and the light of the room pulses with his distress. What should have been a happy reunion is only met with his fear of this being fake, a lie..
Of being abandoned again.]