[ It's probably unfair of Iorveth to demand that they do this on his terms. A lot of hangups happening with this guy: aware that, historically, things haven't gone terribly well with the people he's decided to attach his name to, leading him to say "never again" until he does it all over again.
So maybe it's the only sliver of insecurity that Iorveth possesses that makes him demand that Astarion tell him to stay. If he can believe that he's needed, then he can do whatever it takes to do just that. Stay.
It's a big ask, so it wouldn't have mattered even if Astarion had delivered his verdict by stamping his feet and punching Iorveth in the face; it settles like water in dry cracks, and Iorveth moves forward to take one of Astarion's hands in his own. (Ready to let go if that point of contact is too much.) ]
Then you'll have me.
[ Relieved, almost. Funny, how Iorveth is a perpetually-boiling rage furnace that also derives absolutely no joy from being mad at Astarion, specifically. ]
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So maybe it's the only sliver of insecurity that Iorveth possesses that makes him demand that Astarion tell him to stay. If he can believe that he's needed, then he can do whatever it takes to do just that. Stay.
It's a big ask, so it wouldn't have mattered even if Astarion had delivered his verdict by stamping his feet and punching Iorveth in the face; it settles like water in dry cracks, and Iorveth moves forward to take one of Astarion's hands in his own. (Ready to let go if that point of contact is too much.) ]
Then you'll have me.
[ Relieved, almost. Funny, how Iorveth is a perpetually-boiling rage furnace that also derives absolutely no joy from being mad at Astarion, specifically. ]