[ As much as he doesn’t wish it to, Arthur’s expression falls in the face of that hesitation. There’s nothing he can do about it, though. He can’t so much as twitch a finger to force the other to stay.
But what he can do now is look, and at last his eyes drift away from Markus’ face to the all-too-obvious hole in his chest. He doesn’t need to scan the other to know he’s got his own problems, but he does anyway, just to confirm. Already Markus has scrapped himself together this far, evident in his now mismatched eyes, but that Thirium regulator is the real problem. ]
… All right. It’s not as though I can do much else right now.
no subject
But what he can do now is look, and at last his eyes drift away from Markus’ face to the all-too-obvious hole in his chest. He doesn’t need to scan the other to know he’s got his own problems, but he does anyway, just to confirm. Already Markus has scrapped himself together this far, evident in his now mismatched eyes, but that Thirium regulator is the real problem. ]
… All right. It’s not as though I can do much else right now.
Be careful.
[ He will wait, then. Wait and hope. ]