our house is burning
Series Metadata
Listing Series
-
Tags
Summary
James burns silently for years, until Keith comes back from the void of space.
"You want something out of this and I want to know what it is.” Keith’s fingers twitch against James’s, but James just tightens his grip, and rubs the pad of his thumb across Keith’s palm.
“I don’t.” He pauses, takes a deep breath in, “I don’t want anything.” James thinks if he says it enough that the affirmation will ring true. He wants something from Keith, but he can’t put his finger on what that something is. It’s a desire, somewhere on the tip of his tongue that if he names, if he dares to will it into existence, could consume him from the inside out.
Keith finally opens his eyes, gaze fixed on their hands. His voice is barely above a whisper when he speaks, but it still echoes in the hallway, “then what do you need?”
Series
- Part 1 of our house is burning
-
Tags
Summary
keith and shiro welcome james home
“Why are you sorry?” Keith takes James’s chin between his forefinger and thumb, and tilts his face down until their eyes meet, “for trying to be good person? You’re sorry for trying to take care of other people?”
James gives a little halfhearted shrug, and Keith throws the towel over the bedpost before clambering up beside him in bed. It’s quiet in the room, but the window beside the bed is open, letting in a cool early-autumn breeze, and the distant chirp of crickets. Keith tugs James down to lay beside him, their foreheads pressed together and noses brushing while Keith’s hand moves through his hair.
“When was the last time you let someone else take care of you, James?” Keith trails a hand down, down, down until it’s resting low on James’s stomach.
“its been a while.”
Series
- Part 2 of our house is burning