[ breathes in— alright. and because this is the epitome of winging it . . . eren’s hands are tight in hers, holding and waiting for his words to come. it doesn’t take him that long to let his lips work. ]
There’s only one real thing I want you to know, from this. [ and he means it, deep in the way his heart beats and how he’d soon be feeling lex’s as his own. the soaring in his chest and the drive to take him anywhere. ] We are free.
[ simple, but ample in its meaning. everything he does, everything they both do— it should be out of their will to do it. ]
[ No chains, no walls, no vault. She smiles back at Eren, and if not for the fact that she's supposed to speak next, she'd probably kiss him again. ]
I've got your back, [ she says instead, squeezing his hands in hers. ] I'll always have your back, even if sometimes you might not be able to tell. Not because of the Bond, not because of us both being strangers here, but because I want to.
[ Because having a friend, a partner, someone whose back she watches and who watches hers in turn... that's important. That trust, that bond, that is what she wants. ]
[ and that was that. simple vows made by simple people. the witch is about to ask more between their soft silence, one probably staring at each other longingly— and staring. and, staring.
if lex had wanted to before she had words to promise, eren seals the rest with the kiss they’re waiting for. the wilder pair, awkwardly croaking, decides to finish up her own process and leave them be with what they didn’t have to wonder anymore.
they were tethered, they were bonded, and what was in lex’s feelings were in eren’s and vice versa. they share something warm and unbelievable as his head tilts in deeper for her lips. it vibrates in his chest as his and is shared like an open vault indeed: it’s the thing he could take most pride and joy in.
he cherishes this as he does her words, and wraps around her feelings as if he were meant to be there. ]
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There’s only one real thing I want you to know, from this. [ and he means it, deep in the way his heart beats and how he’d soon be feeling lex’s as his own. the soaring in his chest and the drive to take him anywhere. ] We are free.
[ simple, but ample in its meaning. everything he does, everything they both do— it should be out of their will to do it. ]
No matter what shapes us on the outside.
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I've got your back, [ she says instead, squeezing his hands in hers. ] I'll always have your back, even if sometimes you might not be able to tell. Not because of the Bond, not because of us both being strangers here, but because I want to.
[ Because having a friend, a partner, someone whose back she watches and who watches hers in turn... that's important. That trust, that bond, that is what she wants. ]
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if lex had wanted to before she had words to promise, eren seals the rest with the kiss they’re waiting for. the wilder pair, awkwardly croaking, decides to finish up her own process and leave them be with what they didn’t have to wonder anymore.
they were tethered, they were bonded, and what was in lex’s feelings were in eren’s and vice versa. they share something warm and unbelievable as his head tilts in deeper for her lips. it vibrates in his chest as his and is shared like an open vault indeed: it’s the thing he could take most pride and joy in.
he cherishes this as he does her words, and wraps around her feelings as if he were meant to be there. ]