Broken Boulder you only hold me up like this 'cause you don't know who i really am

a laugh is pulled from him, surprising him. "you should be thanking me," delight murmurs, a playful lilt to his voice. he is bone tired -- so much they've gone through in so little time. he still thinks alarian's had it worse than him, but -- but hell, he'll concede easily, he's been through the ringer himself. sighing, the singing-sunlight leans into his embrace, letting his eyes shut for a moment. 

"if you do go, a heads up would be nice," the chancellor murmurs, "mostly so i know how long to wait before i start panicking you've gone off and nearly died again." again he is playful -- but there is an edge of real vulnerability there. delight "abandonment complex" singing-sunlight -- who'd've guessed he has an issue with his partners vanishing on him without word?he knows he can't keep alarian here forever, as nice as it'd be. alarian, who is so -- so flighty, though he means that lovingly. even queenie'd left him in the end, and she'd been a rock, if an unhappy one. 

ugh. delight puts those thoughts out of his mind and buries his face in alarian's scruff. no more!