[because it doesn't matter what this place is. it's clear that neither of them are there by choice. so the idea of standing around and letting this continue doesn't sit well with him. it's one thing to take midnighter. it's a whole other thing to even consider touching apollo.
finally forcing himself to step back, midnighter allows himself a moment to brush his fingers down the side of apollo's face. to use time he knows he should be spending differently to instead take those moments to relearn features that he'll already never forget. it's only as his thumb reaches the corner of his lips that midnighter finally breaks contact, a wane smile on his face as he looks back over at the observation window.]
None of this looks familiar. Where are we?
[back to business, because otherwise he'll get caught trying to apologize without words. trying to find a way to make sure that things between them are still salvageable. if he starts down that route now, he isn't sure he'll like what he finds at the end.]
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[because it doesn't matter what this place is. it's clear that neither of them are there by choice. so the idea of standing around and letting this continue doesn't sit well with him. it's one thing to take midnighter. it's a whole other thing to even consider touching apollo.
finally forcing himself to step back, midnighter allows himself a moment to brush his fingers down the side of apollo's face. to use time he knows he should be spending differently to instead take those moments to relearn features that he'll already never forget. it's only as his thumb reaches the corner of his lips that midnighter finally breaks contact, a wane smile on his face as he looks back over at the observation window.]
None of this looks familiar. Where are we?
[back to business, because otherwise he'll get caught trying to apologize without words. trying to find a way to make sure that things between them are still salvageable. if he starts down that route now, he isn't sure he'll like what he finds at the end.]