[ He knows all about having a right hand woman who is privy to every decision, first. Likes that that's something Reyes understands, honestly.
And the rest of it, well, he's starting to reach disbelief saturation. It may be a good thing he doesn't know Reyes is feeling moved to change if not for him, in relation to him. What he does know is this man makes him feel somehow simultaneously out of his depth, utterly off balanced, and entirely rooted. Home.
Reyes's plea, gentle and playful as it is, pulls a kiss from him, quick, apology and forgiveness. There's a real benefit to not having to belabor everything with words. ]
Just how I like you. [ Because it's abundantly clear Balthier is those things too, and needs a good deal of patience, and it seems like they're both alright with that arrangement. He's thinking about addressing the end of that, or what the agreement to his request means to him, but there's a knock at the door.
He sits back, chuckling. ] I ordered us food. [ He goes to collect it -- some take out place they both like, something Reyes introduced him to, but when he comes to set it on the coffee table, he pauses at his bag, fishing out a small, pretty wooden box. He sits again, a little farther away but leg touching again, because he wants to see Reyes's face as he hands it to him. ]
Brought you something back.
[ Inside is a long glimmering green pendant on a thin chain, long enough it would sit entirely under most of Reyes's shirt necks. ]
It's a protect charm -- in Ivalice it would actually dull any physical damage toward your body. I've genuinely no idea if the spell will work away from the Mist, nor if it will work upon return, but what's romance if not symbolism and wishful thinking?
[ And maybe he worries about Reyes too, even if this is objectively not much in the way of actual protection. ]
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And the rest of it, well, he's starting to reach disbelief saturation. It may be a good thing he doesn't know Reyes is feeling moved to change if not for him, in relation to him. What he does know is this man makes him feel somehow simultaneously out of his depth, utterly off balanced, and entirely rooted. Home.
Reyes's plea, gentle and playful as it is, pulls a kiss from him, quick, apology and forgiveness. There's a real benefit to not having to belabor everything with words. ]
Just how I like you. [ Because it's abundantly clear Balthier is those things too, and needs a good deal of patience, and it seems like they're both alright with that arrangement. He's thinking about addressing the end of that, or what the agreement to his request means to him, but there's a knock at the door.
He sits back, chuckling. ] I ordered us food. [ He goes to collect it -- some take out place they both like, something Reyes introduced him to, but when he comes to set it on the coffee table, he pauses at his bag, fishing out a small, pretty wooden box. He sits again, a little farther away but leg touching again, because he wants to see Reyes's face as he hands it to him. ]
Brought you something back.
[ Inside is a long glimmering green pendant on a thin chain, long enough it would sit entirely under most of Reyes's shirt necks. ]
It's a protect charm -- in Ivalice it would actually dull any physical damage toward your body. I've genuinely no idea if the spell will work away from the Mist, nor if it will work upon return, but what's romance if not symbolism and wishful thinking?
[ And maybe he worries about Reyes too, even if this is objectively not much in the way of actual protection. ]