#qrow rn: too pure; too good for this world. if anything ever happens to Liadan

[flightofaqrow]

qrow could choke on his own soul the way it suddenly explodes into his throat like bile. the way his hands go from tingling to burning as Lia takes them again, the innocence in her eyes and passion in her voice and longing in her touch as she waxes poetic - it's torture, and all he can do is sit here and take it.

she's too precious to be in his lap, too good to share the space of their skin, saying too many things he doesn't deserve to hear (when was the last time someone asked qrow branwen to stay?), and he's a bastard with no more excuses for letting her reconnect rather than shooing her right away like he started.

he doesn't. he should, but he doesn't, and not only that, but he indulges in a smile. she thinks qrow never fully lets his guard down, but he does in this moment, and if he suffers Misfortune for it, so be it. he can not help it.

"while y've got'a point..." yes, a whole, toothy grin sneaks out across his features, accompanied by a rich chuckle that Lia could feel coming from deep in his chest, because he pulls her hands in to rest against it.

"i was'n bein' dramatic fr'once, darlin'," he explains in torn tones, "...wind path is'a place. quaint little settlement on th' way north. 'bout three more days, on foot."

too much time to get them both in so much trouble, if she keeps talking like that.

he leans in just short of another kiss, manifesting boundaries of time with a whisper, since he's too weak a man to enforce them of his body, "...i'll stay that long."

"The wind isn't always right. Sometimes one has to go against the wind." She had started to learn this. "While the wind is helpful if can also blow you off course." She could tell he did not want to lose her, so he could let her go.

She took his hands in hers gently. She wanted to make a connection but not hold to tight. They both knew this might not last but it would better to have this for a short time than none at all.

"Stay just for a little while longer." She smiled. "We can just be here in the present for a while. This doesn't have too long but." She ran her thumb over his palm. "Let's just be here." She ached just to wrap her arms around him. She could see he wanted this as much as her.