[A very serious matter, huh; well, Palamedes can fill in those blanks without needing to be intimately familiar with the cultures of every other world. The Nine Houses are, hm, again an outlier, something he's sure means something but he's equally sure he doesn't care about. That leaves this, the serious matter, but without any ceremony; without regulations, or fuss.]
I know, [he says, and reaching up to run his fingers along Viktor's jaw, adds,] You're sweet, though, to tell me anyway.
[That's nice; more than enough people still treat his life on the Sixth as a node of entertainment, oh-are-you-an-astronaut-woooow!, that it still sticks out when Sixth traditions or lack thereof are just - acknowledged. So, Viktor is sweet, on top of all the other ways this particular moment is drowning in the saccharine.
He doesn't really need to think about it, he finds; like every other proclamation before it, this is for the two of them. It feels right, to come together like this, to lean into this serious matter. To put a flag in the ground and declare it something untouched by Empire, yes, but more than that— more importantly than that, to put into words that being with Viktor feels like coming home. It is.
So, worry not, he's very aware of the serious matter.]
It's like I said: I'm glad it gets to be me. If a House is really the people you choose, I'll wake up every day and keep choosing you. We can skip the trappings, the ornamental skull, et cetera— we've got the name and each other, and that's all I need. [A beat.] If you wanted an ornamental skull, on the other hand...
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I know, [he says, and reaching up to run his fingers along Viktor's jaw, adds,] You're sweet, though, to tell me anyway.
[That's nice; more than enough people still treat his life on the Sixth as a node of entertainment, oh-are-you-an-astronaut-woooow!, that it still sticks out when Sixth traditions or lack thereof are just - acknowledged. So, Viktor is sweet, on top of all the other ways this particular moment is drowning in the saccharine.
He doesn't really need to think about it, he finds; like every other proclamation before it, this is for the two of them. It feels right, to come together like this, to lean into this serious matter. To put a flag in the ground and declare it something untouched by Empire, yes, but more than that— more importantly than that, to put into words that being with Viktor feels like coming home. It is.
So, worry not, he's very aware of the serious matter.]
It's like I said: I'm glad it gets to be me. If a House is really the people you choose, I'll wake up every day and keep choosing you. We can skip the trappings, the ornamental skull, et cetera— we've got the name and each other, and that's all I need. [A beat.] If you wanted an ornamental skull, on the other hand...