[ Admittedly, it's taken days and a meeting with Petras to make him willing to even think about the spawn trapped in that dungeon. He doesn't like the idea of visiting them again, but the idea of doing nothing seems untenable, too. What if his siblings let them out? What if they don't? As much as he'd like to stick his head in the sand and ignore it, he can't.
But, gods, what he'd give to just spend the rest of the day in bed, curled around Iorveth and kissing him all over his face.
The question takes him by surprise, and his eyebrows raise. ] I—
[ Iorveth seeing everything in the palace—and worse, its effect on Astarion—had been humiliating, but being there alone would have been the worst thing of all. Iorveth's presence had been grounding. Soothing. He reaches over for Iorveth's hand, letting his fingers graze the back.
With a humorless laugh: ] I'm not certain I'm brave enough to face it without you.
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But, gods, what he'd give to just spend the rest of the day in bed, curled around Iorveth and kissing him all over his face.
The question takes him by surprise, and his eyebrows raise. ] I—
[ Iorveth seeing everything in the palace—and worse, its effect on Astarion—had been humiliating, but being there alone would have been the worst thing of all. Iorveth's presence had been grounding. Soothing. He reaches over for Iorveth's hand, letting his fingers graze the back.
With a humorless laugh: ] I'm not certain I'm brave enough to face it without you.