#for seven (7) years –– longer if u count osaron –– his own body didn't belong to him and like

[lovethbest]

also,, 2 @ reincarnated holland n vor tho

                holland, as a rule, sleeps mostly when he’s too exhausted to remain awake, and not always for very long at once.  as far as he can tell, it’s been that way most of his life ; he’s either working, or just awake.  of course, the increase of vivid nightmares that come with remembering a past life ( and memories of what could happen every time he let his guard down enough to sleep ) don’t help any.

the upshot of this is that waking up somewhere distinctly not his bed isn’t particularly surprising.  one hand is still loosely curled around an open book, & it’s just LIGHT enough to see the familiar outline of the living room.  he was dreaming, but not badly, and maybe that’s why he’s less quick to move away when he wakes, this time, to someone dropping into the space next to him.  tenses anyway, on reflex, but doesn’t move. 

or maybe –– if he thinks about it, and holland isn’t prone to dwelling on such things –– it’s the space between them, the way vor sits with easy grace and waits, not in a way holland is used to waiting.  neither a test nor a demand, so unlike the way athos would wait, having given an order, and KNOW holland had not the freedom to refuse him.  

there was a life where the space between dreaming and waking didn’t exist ; no safety to linger there.  this is not that life, and it’s as close to unguarded as holland ever comes, somehow alert yet still on the edge of half-asleep.  ‘ are you waiting for a written invitation? ’ he asks, dry tone laced with faintest amusement. 

it’s not a LONG kiss, hardly even a kiss at all, barely-awake and barely-there.  holland lets himself lean into it anyway, holds onto the closeness only for a second.  / @oflegendaries​

kiss prompts ; accepting!  

( 02. early morning.  a kiss that’s a wake up call, it’s barely even lips touching, more like they’re kissing your chin because they’re so tired in the early morning haze. )