( the last piece of the puzzle slides into place — he's heard all of this from others in the city, the same people disappearing and cropping back up, the timelines, multiverses, all of that. so the theory makes sense to him at least, even though he's never paid too much attention to the details. nick isn't the kind that wants to understand this place, he just wants to survive.
it already feels easier to do that with fingers pressed into the back of his neck, a motion so familiar his body already knows how to respond to it. some of the tension unknots in nick's shoulders before he even notices that he's wound taut and ready to snap. )
I missed you, so fucking much. ( and he can't feel guilty about that for very long, not when tris is ducking these light little kisses all over his face and it he lets it, it almost feels like they're just eighteen and stupid again.
something a little left of embarrassment colours his cheeks at the mention of dominants and he nods, quick and dismissive. it's not like he's never going to bring- some things up, he just thought he might be able to get away with a few more moments without addressing the messy interwoven web of a personal life he leads. ) Yeah, yeah. I uh— live with him, near the beach. And a job too, if you can believe it.
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( the last piece of the puzzle slides into place — he's heard all of this from others in the city, the same people disappearing and cropping back up, the timelines, multiverses, all of that. so the theory makes sense to him at least, even though he's never paid too much attention to the details. nick isn't the kind that wants to understand this place, he just wants to survive.
it already feels easier to do that with fingers pressed into the back of his neck, a motion so familiar his body already knows how to respond to it. some of the tension unknots in nick's shoulders before he even notices that he's wound taut and ready to snap. )
I missed you, so fucking much. ( and he can't feel guilty about that for very long, not when tris is ducking these light little kisses all over his face and it he lets it, it almost feels like they're just eighteen and stupid again.
something a little left of embarrassment colours his cheeks at the mention of dominants and he nods, quick and dismissive. it's not like he's never going to bring- some things up, he just thought he might be able to get away with a few more moments without addressing the messy interwoven web of a personal life he leads. ) Yeah, yeah. I uh— live with him, near the beach. And a job too, if you can believe it.