[ Affection balloons so fast and so massive into the space that it keeps pace with the ache. It creaks with anxiety. He makes no effort to damp it now; the next time they see each other, he doesn't know if he'll have the boldness to be as bare and honest as he must be when they're woven so tightly together.
[ Quentin lets Nikolai feel it. Harder still, he lets himself feel it. Fully, for the duration, till the pain of resurrection overwhelms the pain of being seen. ]
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[ Quentin lets Nikolai feel it. Harder still, he lets himself feel it. Fully, for the duration, till the pain of resurrection overwhelms the pain of being seen. ]