[The long quiet helps. It allows the warmth of their bodies close beside one another to seep in deeper, curling against the cold that can take hold in the bones.
Thomas's voice is a gentle tug back into the moment rather than the sensation. William's thumb shifts thoughtlessly but firmly, smoothing at knuckles that he's begun to know nearly as well as the back of his own hand.]
Rather lucky.
[Most men in their position, after all, looked decades older than their years on Earth.]
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Date: 2021-01-13 03:40 pm (UTC)Thomas's voice is a gentle tug back into the moment rather than the sensation. William's thumb shifts thoughtlessly but firmly, smoothing at knuckles that he's begun to know nearly as well as the back of his own hand.]
Rather lucky.
[Most men in their position, after all, looked decades older than their years on Earth.]