#alle sammen i kor: SIIIIMP

[silkchvffon]

“ no, i dont’t wanna have to talk to anyone else right now. i just want you. ” / kobe & collins

HE KNOWS HIS DUTIES WELL, knows not to stray from them. but around collins those lines seem to blur and kobe finds himself staring into the dark night sky when he should be ushering her back inside. it's a spectacle in there and he doubts anyone would notice their absence, but it's the principle of it — kobe knows his duties and knows not to stray from them. he'd be a fool to do so. eyes glance down at her out of the corner of his eye. he recognizes the fire in her, the one everyone is so adamant to put out. he recognizes it because he's carried it himself; a desperate wish for freedom, for choice, for independence. and all he can offer her is the illusion of it. at least that's the only thing he should offer her. « okay, » kobe says finally, ignoring how her comment feels when he absorbs it — sweet, soft, proud. « i'm here. » he discards of his suit jacket only to wrap it around her naked shoulders that are blossoming with goosebumps. she can be free, but she can also be safe. kobe will make sure of it. and so he stands there; just a fool beside the girl that's made him so.