𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈

𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕡, 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕟 | protect me my shield @aegisfaire ♥

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

👑// HELLO. i love my boy dimitri but i have no idea when i’ll be active here again

i’m on genshin rp if you want to write w me there:
(aether) @starlithero
(kazuha) @wanderbreeze
(venti) @windbrewed

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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In truth? The weather. Rain has a way of summoning thoughts from the deepest recesses of one’s mind.
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[— Ermina Gaveston Harington . @EMPTYMISFORTUNE]

Let me rephrase this. What triggered this thinking at the moment?

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

@floriographe “That is a poetic way of looking at it. As well as the better way, I’m sure.” Though he won’t subscribe to it himself.

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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Rain. It may wash blood off the battlefields, but the earth still remembers.
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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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There are many ways I could respond to that question.
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[— Ermina Gaveston Harington . @EMPTYMISFORTUNE]

The earth does not think. It simply is.

Why do you have such thoughts?

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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[It’s an… awkward sensation, to say the least, though not because the wrinkle between Dimitri’s brows is in part Sylvain’s doing. When was the last time someone embraced him? He stiffens.]

Yes. Ahem. Thank you, Sylvain.

[… It does feel nice.]
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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

@aegisfaire [Kiss.]

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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Nothing worth noting, I assure you. The weather merely reminded me of past battles.

[There’s more than that, but Dimitri wouldn’t admit this even to himself.]
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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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There is always something that needs to be done. Recently more so.
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[✾𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘳✾ @steIIarmeIody]

Rather occupied with things as of late, huh, Your Majesty?

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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Perhaps they thought it would be more polite to stay silent. Though if it were me, I would like to know sooner rather than later.

Ah, but pardon the ramble. This is easily fixable.

[He gestures to the same corner of his mouth again.]
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓐𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐑. ℘ @aristocrvcy]

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( mortified —— ! brims hanging agape in shock, the back of his hand concealing the lower part of his visage. ) unthinkable … I confess, I am appalled to know that nobody thought to notify me prior.
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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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Time flies when you have busy hands. Faster than I'd like, admittedly.
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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

I love you, too.

[Words that poke holes in his heart. Painfully happy, he thinks. He doesn't know. But by the Goddess do they need to pour. Face pinched, he says it again, again. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦.

Only when their foreheads touch does he fall silent.]

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

[As always when the King needs him to be — Felix is sturdy. Good, that, because Dimitri's bones relax so much he seems to come apart, like his body was an ancient vessel for the great sigh that finally escaped it, and now it crumples once it's lost its use.]

[ƒelix. @aegisfaire]

[ a million different memories flood into felix’s headspace — yet one reigns supreme, warmth drenching felix’s chest as he recounts the moment. ]

this sounds ridiculous, i know — we were just children with our training swords, playing together. i broke mine on accident, and i—

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

I feel as though this is beyond what I deserve. To know that you love me is the greatest gift I've been given.

Felix... it goes without saying, but let me make my words clear. No more misunderstandings;

[After battles innumerable, it's this that finally softens his eyes.]

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

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No need to blush, my goal is not to embarrass you.

[ Not what he meant, Dimitri. ]
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[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

allows a gloved hand to slip onto Felix's cheek, thumbing away the tear. Blue eyes wander up bit by nervous bit until they connect again. Oh, his sweet shield. ]

How.. long have you known?

[ A question so quiet barely anyone would hear it. ]

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

[ Loathe though Dimitri is to admit it — because kings and princelings should always know what to say — he can think of many occasions that've left him speechless. Shameful ones; terrible ones, too. Of which precious few could stand against the crushing weight of Felix's words. ]

[ƒelix. @aegisfaire]

[ felix’s most impenetrable emotional block fractures. he shoves dimitri up against the nearest wall, tears threatening to spill forth. fingers still grip tightly at his collar, desperate for stability as he begins to unravel. ]

how long will we play this stupid game, dimitri?

[𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 @regaleonis]

I —

[ Dimitri. A king. Letting something as simple as eye contact fall apart until he's left staring at a knob in Felix's collarbone.

With a deep breath he imagines pushing against his firework nerves as if an obstacle in his path. That little glimpse of clarity