[ It isn’t a terribly large couch. Big enough for the two of them to sit comfortably, certainly, but not so large that there is much space between them. Space which becomes nonexistent when X’rhun lists to the side, pressing their shoulders together, wine swirling about in the glass in his hand.

All this time and Ardyn still manages to surprise him with moments of sincerity, though perhaps if he stopped to truly think about it, he would realize that, X’rhun has probably experienced the lion’s share of the other man’s sincere moments. His eyes drift up, tracing the line of Ardyn’s profile, illuminated in warm hues by the fire blazing at their feet, and he smiles. ]

Full glad am I to hear it. I admit, now that I have had the pleasure of your company on my pilgrimage, I do not know that I could do without it.