Redhawk Caldera i loved you first [m]

the kiss that came was gentle, trembling, at once both full of grief and cold as judas' kiss to that emphatic man upon their last night. lasher touched his lips to the corner of peregrine's mouth, not bothering to blink away the slow burn of tears that began anew as the devil turned from him. he wanted to leap to his feet, to drag peregrine into his embrace, to renege upon that which he had said and remain here, in the caldera, with the only man he had loved so very much — moreso than eismitte, than julien! — but he was rooted.

lasher mayfair, also called taltos, watched until his panther was gone from sight, and only then were the bonds about his body released; he gave a mournful cry, and it seemed the heavens listened, throwing the foliage into an ecstasy of movement as the wind whipped up from some unseen place.

"an ghleanna goideadh uaim arís," were the words upon his lips as he too departed the last scene of their love, utterly shattered beyond hope of repair.