𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝙒𝙃𝙊 —- ?

ᅠ ⠀ 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗦— 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 … ⠀ 𝗢𝗡𝗘-𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥, 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗘 ! ⠀ 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 , 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 , ⠀ ⠀ 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧 ! ⠀━━─

— Some consequences are worth facing in due time, especially when it won’t be getting faced alone. “

— aimless on the table, the bittersweetness of his truth rendering the taste of the lemonade into a faraway memory. “ I lived a long time with you out of my reach. A long, loooong time. Trust me when I tell you this ; some things shouldn’t be overthought. —

— on, ‘ y’know ? You never forget the grief you feel from that person having left you, you just get better at piling new things on top of it. My ‘ Clara Oswald ‘ pile started to topple over, though, recently. “ A singular hand sought her own out, whilst it sat —

— Despite his words, and the seriousness of the overarching conversation, he promptly added ; “ Harry Potter’s Godfather, even. “ … before continuing. “ You are irreplaceable in all of time and space. Everybody is, really. That’s why somebody can never really ‘ move —

— Occasionally, his head moved in acquiescence, or negated a statement by shaking from side-to-side. Otherwise, his drink went untouched for a long, long while, her words enough to quench the thirst that had plagued him for centuries. “ Oh, I’m serious alright. “ —

He allowed her room to vocalize herself,—- albeit through questions and contradictions— each word empowering the warm undertones of his smile. There was an indubitable sense of comfort in her uncertainty, for it was proof this ongoing battle was neither yet won nor lost. —

— ‘ I love you too. ‘ That’s what he wanted to say, but something else entirely escaped from his thin lips ; “ I can, now. Nothing really matters but the now, and regardless of where we’ve been, or where we’re going, I would like to be next to you. “

— never-ending embrace. “ The raven, the cloisters, and everything else. I remembered it all a while ago, and, though I never gave you an answer before … “ The words seemed to get caught in his throat, a sentence which had become so easy to say, suddenly very hard. —

— Queue a wink, following which, he drew another long sip from his glass, the conversation at hand parching him with haste. In spite of his demeanor, though, the fourteenth was fighting back the urge to just cut all those formalities, and snatch her away in a —

— A short pause, as though he was debating with himself whether to develop or not, before— “ Still … You will always, always, always be worth the detour, and if taking the long road makes me mad, well … There’s been more impossible things out there, hasn’t there ? “ —

— be noticeable. “ Well, pursuing is a bit or a strong word to use, isn’t it ? Makes me sound like a complete lunatic ! “ He was, of course, but that was beside the point. Legs stretched underneath the table, and a stray finger came to rhythmically tap along the table. —

This time, as well, when his simple answer came, it was composed of a single three-letter word, but resonated deeply with certainty. “ Yes. “ To her first question, her last, and everything in between. He straightened his posture, just enough to barely —

A perfect recreation of this park, only, in black and white, and featuring a long, swirling dragon, up in the sky. The creature was so vivid in detail, that it was almost as though it had really been there as a reference, visibly solely to him.