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benedikta harman. ([personal profile] garudas) wrote in [community profile] escordvi2024-02-02 04:29 pm

closed πŸͺΆβš‘ all the storms we have faced that tried to break our embrace...

Who: Cidolfus Telamon & Benedikta Harman.
Status: Closed.
Where: Some faraway island. Ocard. Somewhere in Nogard.
What: Benedikta's birthday, event stuff, and going after the slaver for The Price of Freedom.
Warnings: just don't look in here. Also, potentially FFXVI spoilers buried somewhere. Violence and blood in the price of freedom thread.

happy birthday, benna πŸŽ‚
ain't no rest for the wicked πŸ”¨
a date with dragons πŸ‰
boy oh boy, the price of freedom is steep πŸ—‘οΈ

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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Not really.

[Why would any sane man want to leave his wife love? But as he slowly runs his fingertips over her though, he just tilts his head just a little.]

You're still worried.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Can't fool him anymore now.]

Ben-na.

[Said with a slow enunciation of each syllable as he leans up higher.]

Tell me what this is really about.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll gently reach up and brush her hair, fingertips ghosting against her skin.]

I believe that... But you seem quite adamant about it.

[He's also not sure how to voice his current thoughts. He has no doubt that what happened last month is what triggered this, but something about it feels off. There's her being stubborn and adamant about it, and... This. This that seems there is more than just his well-being, proven by her current faltering expressions.]

Are you really that worried about me?
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not what I meant.

[He rolls his tongue over his teeth in thought, wondering how to best voice this.]

It just feels that there's something else.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[As she comes back towards him, he leans back so they can be both be comfortable, an arm around her shoulders as he gently strokes her back with the other.]

Define "buried." I haven't even begun and you're already like this.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Those were different times then...

[A small sigh as he strokes her hair, thinking back. But then again, he did the same even after he left. Stayed up reading reports, working out plans.]

What I do here is on a much smaller scale.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Starting a larger operation, you mean?
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Depends on what you mean by "too much."

[A small sigh.]

Just because I have a lot of interests doesn't mean I'm doing everything at the same time.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He glances down at her a moment, his hand stilling before resuming the idle stroking of her hair.]

And if I happen to enjoy spending all those hours of the day working?
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-09 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[He thinks he's getting an idea of what she's getting at... But he won't give her an easy out, won't answer with the words she can't bring herself to say.]

Might depend on what the "everything else" is.

[Not this time.]
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-10 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[And there it is. Finally. If it were anyone else he wouldn't push as much, but this is Benedikta, the woman who has had him run in circles and left him wondering what she really wants and feels about them. It's more clear now, of course, but it doesn't hurt to have this kind of confirmation. Would do her more good to be more honest, too.

But as if to reward her (and likely irritate her more), he kisses the top of her head and pull her into a tighter embrace.]


I'm only human, Benna. Is it possible I could lose track of time and not realize noon has turned into midnight? Aye, it is, it's happened. But I am willing to do better about it so that it doesn't, or make up for it if it does.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-10 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[This is difficult.]

I understand that, truly. And I'm already trying to tell you that I won't let it happen. But you also have to realize that reality—and I—is not so perfect.

Can you honestly say that you sometimes don't get caught up in your own affairs and momentarily forget about everything else?

[Even if she doesn't look at him, she can feel that pointed look. Because that's happened before.]
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-02-10 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Well I wouldn't know.

[And he's going to call her out on that.]

You never tell me anything.

[Which was fine before—they weren't even together or even on the best of terms, why should she? So he was fine being the one to continue to pester and be the one to make the first move—still is, honestly. Just part of his nature. However, since things are different now, it would be better if he had his own expectations set. Should he expect her to reach out or just accept it will be a rare thing and he'll have to make her for certain occasions?

If he has to make an effort to hold back to give her more time, only seems fair she needs to make an effort to step forward to do the same.]
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