[ william watches the rose fall from the nightstand for a few moments, absorbing his brother's pain -- of all the things he could do, delivering him from heartbreak isn't something even william can plan to pull off.
so he noses briefly against the back of his neck, listening to the rawness in his voice. ]
Yes. [ he says after a moment. ] I think you are a man who loves deeply and fiercely.
[ he shifts to head off the bed, going around to pick up the rose for him and set it carefully on the nightstand so that he can study him in the dim light properly, quietly concerned. ]
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so he noses briefly against the back of his neck, listening to the rawness in his voice. ]
Yes. [ he says after a moment. ] I think you are a man who loves deeply and fiercely.
[ he shifts to head off the bed, going around to pick up the rose for him and set it carefully on the nightstand so that he can study him in the dim light properly, quietly concerned. ]