Thank god, no further argument necessary. It was definitely the head tilt and the smile that did it too, not the softness or heat that awaits his chilly friend if he crawls into the blankets.
Crozier sinks down slowly, twisting onto his side facing inwards. It’s warmer this way. That’s what he’ll tell himself. It’s not because he wants him close enough to keep an eye on him, or because he is still a little rattled by the Darkwalker and his subsequent nightmare.
One of those horrified faces awaiting the Darkwalker had been Raju’s. If he just wants to keep his within arm’s reach for a while, who could possibly blame him?
“Lie down,” he murmurs, looking up at him one final time and then closing his eyes. “I’ll tell you the story of when I met the last survivor of the HMS Bounty mutiny and all their descendants.”
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Date: 2024-06-09 02:29 pm (UTC)Thank god, no further argument necessary. It was definitely the head tilt and the smile that did it too, not the softness or heat that awaits his chilly friend if he crawls into the blankets.
Crozier sinks down slowly, twisting onto his side facing inwards. It’s warmer this way. That’s what he’ll tell himself. It’s not because he wants him close enough to keep an eye on him, or because he is still a little rattled by the Darkwalker and his subsequent nightmare.
One of those horrified faces awaiting the Darkwalker had been Raju’s. If he just wants to keep his within arm’s reach for a while, who could possibly blame him?
“Lie down,” he murmurs, looking up at him one final time and then closing his eyes. “I’ll tell you the story of when I met the last survivor of the HMS Bounty mutiny and all their descendants.”