So are you, [ comes the immediate response — because octavian need not do anything else but simply be and he will be distracting enough, command all of viktor's attention; even now, his eyes follow his movements in the kitchen.
though he has to look away, then, when octavian decides to say that while stirring pasta, of all things, and really, who's the one who's romantic, here? as ever, viktor finds it easier to say things than to hear them said back to him, and looks down, trying to commit the exact cadence of octavian's voice to memory, so that he can always remember those words, so simply said and yet meaning the world to him.
in any case, give him a moment to stare with adoration as octavian finishes cooking the pasta; and when it's delivered to him, he sets the fork in the bowl and the bowl in his lap, to turn to octavian, lifting his hand to touch the side of his face tenderly. ]
Thank you. [ a pause. ] I still have all of my heart left, I believe, and all of it is yours, too.
[ don't mind him if he's leaning in to press a kiss to octavian's lips, then, before drawing back and reaching for the noodles; wouldn't do if they went cold, would it? ]
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though he has to look away, then, when octavian decides to say that while stirring pasta, of all things, and really, who's the one who's romantic, here? as ever, viktor finds it easier to say things than to hear them said back to him, and looks down, trying to commit the exact cadence of octavian's voice to memory, so that he can always remember those words, so simply said and yet meaning the world to him.
in any case, give him a moment to stare with adoration as octavian finishes cooking the pasta; and when it's delivered to him, he sets the fork in the bowl and the bowl in his lap, to turn to octavian, lifting his hand to touch the side of his face tenderly. ]
Thank you. [ a pause. ] I still have all of my heart left, I believe, and all of it is yours, too.
[ don't mind him if he's leaning in to press a kiss to octavian's lips, then, before drawing back and reaching for the noodles; wouldn't do if they went cold, would it? ]