Jayce knows how they got to this point because it really is a reflection of how much deeper their relationship has gotten. Before Viktor was hesitant to share anything more serious, and Jayce was hesitant to push and ask for more intimacy. They are there now. He has always been willing and able to talk through more difficult things, once he pushed past his own selfishness, because Jayce is a communicator.
Viktor is asking him physically for comfort, curling up into his embrace, his head against Jayce's chest. Both of Jayce's arms are around his lover, one holding him around the waist to keep him close, and the other running comfortingly up and down his back, caressing through his hair lovingly.
"We will accomplish the Hexcore and then everything else." It still is the priority if they want to keep him alive and their projects continued.
That next part is both sweet and very painful, and Jayce's heart aches. He doesn't want Viktor to worry about him when he's the one in pain, but he can't change that. He sighs and closes his stinging eyes, his arms tightening for a moment around Viktor. His throat closes with grief, as if it's already happened, but he swallows through it.
"I'll continue our work. I'll keep trying to improve and be the man you loved." Except he knows it might take some time before he can. Losing who he believes is his soulmate can destroy a person. It will destroy him, but he has to tell himself he'll crawl out of that place. For Viktor. "I'll live. For you." They both know Jayce can go to dark places when he's in pain beyond reason.
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Viktor is asking him physically for comfort, curling up into his embrace, his head against Jayce's chest. Both of Jayce's arms are around his lover, one holding him around the waist to keep him close, and the other running comfortingly up and down his back, caressing through his hair lovingly.
"We will accomplish the Hexcore and then everything else." It still is the priority if they want to keep him alive and their projects continued.
That next part is both sweet and very painful, and Jayce's heart aches. He doesn't want Viktor to worry about him when he's the one in pain, but he can't change that. He sighs and closes his stinging eyes, his arms tightening for a moment around Viktor. His throat closes with grief, as if it's already happened, but he swallows through it.
"I'll continue our work. I'll keep trying to improve and be the man you loved." Except he knows it might take some time before he can. Losing who he believes is his soulmate can destroy a person. It will destroy him, but he has to tell himself he'll crawl out of that place. For Viktor. "I'll live. For you." They both know Jayce can go to dark places when he's in pain beyond reason.