( Who would have thought that Doctor Veritas Ratio could have his heart skip so many beats so quickly, one after another, with every word and every press of his lips to his fingers? Aventurine should have seen this coming, should have realized that the man who was so talented at meeting him word for word and wit for wit would be capable of undoing him so completely. His own flush deepens, warmth spreading from the point of contact and racing through him. )
Veritas-- ( There is an attempt at a huff, at playing it off as if he is unbothered and unaffected. But it's likely Ratio can see right through him, for he doesn't attempt to hid it that much. ) It's just a name. But who knew my dear doctor was such a romantic at heart, huh?
( His romantic. His doctor. There are so many things that Aventurine doesn't have claim to anymore: his name, his freedom, his home, his family. But he has Doctor Veritas Ratio, his reason. Soon to be lover, partner, whatever other names either of them can use to describe this intimacy. And it's going to be enough, he realizes.
It won't be easy, and he won't be satisfied until he does what needs to be done about the IPC, but-- just having Ratio there, in his corner, at his back.
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Veritas-- ( There is an attempt at a huff, at playing it off as if he is unbothered and unaffected. But it's likely Ratio can see right through him, for he doesn't attempt to hid it that much. ) It's just a name. But who knew my dear doctor was such a romantic at heart, huh?
( His romantic. His doctor. There are so many things that Aventurine doesn't have claim to anymore: his name, his freedom, his home, his family. But he has Doctor Veritas Ratio, his reason. Soon to be lover, partner, whatever other names either of them can use to describe this intimacy. And it's going to be enough, he realizes.
It won't be easy, and he won't be satisfied until he does what needs to be done about the IPC, but-- just having Ratio there, in his corner, at his back.
It'll be enough. )