Safe For Now

[Nox]

Nox smirked at Raffe's quip about surviving a wolfkin attack. "I'd have kept that from you if I could have. Not that I mind scars or anything, but I have a hero complex." he chuckled at himself mostly. "You might too." Nox poked fun at Raffe's ability to step right in the middle of trouble because he could. He liked that Raffe wanted to protect people, it was part of the draw. But Nox wanted to protect Raffe more.

But even with the joking there was still a down current in all of it. What would happen to him? Ascendancy could kill him. The Atharim could kill him - though that would be a lot harder to do than surviving Ascendancy's wrath. There was nothing he could do against the most powerful man on earth. Even with his own power. But the Atharim hunter - that was different. "I don't know if there is a cure. Maybe? But the Atharim aren't known for their studies. But Aria had notes on monsters someone studied them at some time - maybe there is someone who can help. At least understand if not cure. I'm in control." Nox said it louder than he intended, his hand clasping harder in Raffe's. He was in control He kept telling himself that. "I want to stay that way."

His final words sank in and Nox closed his eyes, his whole body relaxing in relief as he pressed his head against the wall. Nox turned into the whispered words and kissed Raffe. He needed him. Needed to feel more than the pain, more than the hunger in the depths of his mind.