#AND magnus AND cleo AND ursa AND yiso--

[storybook-souls]

finished some desperate glory by emily tesh last night and i literally can't stop thinking about kyr and avi's relationship. externally i'm sitting at my desk doing work but internally i'm pacing in circles muttering things like "she didn't miss the way he'd put the back of the booth between them like a shield" and "you can blame me if you want. i live in trouble anyways, but you--" "i wouldn't." "huh." and "they would execute him. if she left, he wouldn't survive the day" and "i gave you a normal life with a bow tied around it, how did that not get rid of you?" and "nothing's evil if it's on our side" and "the only true thing left, after the rest of it falls apart, is this: there was a war, and we lost" and "I thought we were going to win." "This is winning." and "You did this." "Not even the worst thing I've done today." and "We're friends?" "Gaea's rejects. Commander Jole's embarrassments." and "We've done this before, you know." "What?" "Been friends" and "How can you call me your friend" and "Fuck off, Valkyr, maybe I wouldn't snitch and drop the two of you into hell with me, you don't know me" and "I thought I could get out, I thought I would one day." "I never even thought of getting out, I couldn't even get that far" and "What a waste, what a terrible waste" and above all else "We're here forever, you and me. Like running Doomsday." so you can understand why it's a little hard to focus.