[ It's not normal--they're not normal--but Paul delights in the soft way Loki sighs, that little hum of happiness escaping from his throat. It sends a pleasant shiver down Paul's spine, mostly because he didn't expect to hear it ever again.
He wants desperately to move in, to close the gap between them once more and kiss Loki softly, gently, to pull him into a long hug and guide him over to the bed he hardly sleeps in, curling up next to him with a protective arm and sleeping the entire day. But he has work to do and Loki has work to do and Paul wouldn't be surprised if Loki still operated on 3 or 4 hours like Paul does.
So coffee it is, and the blond pushes down the sudden thought that this is going to be the last time they see each other, because that's the way the world seems to work. But Loki makes him feel right. He'd missed it, not realizing how that emptiness has gnawed at him for years. The kind of thing he thought Irene would help him with, before Standard and before Paul just couldn't help himself.
And there's something else, too, Paul realizes, perfectly content in the silence as Loki changes, he himself cleaning up a little as well and washing his hands. ]
Did the scars come first, or the tattoos?
[ It seems better than saying the obvious. 'how many times did the people supposed to protect you hurt you' seems trite. Paul pours the coffee, making it exactly Loki enjoys it. He'd memorized it the moment they had that breakfast together. ]
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He wants desperately to move in, to close the gap between them once more and kiss Loki softly, gently, to pull him into a long hug and guide him over to the bed he hardly sleeps in, curling up next to him with a protective arm and sleeping the entire day. But he has work to do and Loki has work to do and Paul wouldn't be surprised if Loki still operated on 3 or 4 hours like Paul does.
So coffee it is, and the blond pushes down the sudden thought that this is going to be the last time they see each other, because that's the way the world seems to work. But Loki makes him feel right. He'd missed it, not realizing how that emptiness has gnawed at him for years. The kind of thing he thought Irene would help him with, before Standard and before Paul just couldn't help himself.
And there's something else, too, Paul realizes, perfectly content in the silence as Loki changes, he himself cleaning up a little as well and washing his hands. ]
Did the scars come first, or the tattoos?
[ It seems better than saying the obvious. 'how many times did the people supposed to protect you hurt you' seems trite. Paul pours the coffee, making it exactly Loki enjoys it. He'd memorized it the moment they had that breakfast together. ]