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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