[ It's easier like this, for all maybe it shouldn't be. It's easier than it should be to just pretend this isn't happening in the first place. To cast back in his mind to a time when the most difficult thing he had to come to terms with was accepting that someone as vibrant, as beloved by the world as Taako, would want to be anywhere near the Grim Reaper of all people. It's less of an effort not think about the fact that none of that happened to him at all, a thought that just keeps coming back up as if determined to crush this temporary peace to dust.
The telltale cloying smoke of panic starts to climb up his throat and Kravitz really doesn't mean to cling like he does, but there's really nowhere else for it to go. And this grounds him again, just like always. Just like listening to an idle story of something embarrassing Magnus once did, or being assured that surfing really isn't that hard, or watching Taako cook and being quietly glad that not having to eat doesn't mean he can't.
His thumb brushes Taako's jaw again, just to feel him there - and if Kravitz is a little less warm than he was before, that's probably understandable. ]
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The telltale cloying smoke of panic starts to climb up his throat and Kravitz really doesn't mean to cling like he does, but there's really nowhere else for it to go. And this grounds him again, just like always. Just like listening to an idle story of something embarrassing Magnus once did, or being assured that surfing really isn't that hard, or watching Taako cook and being quietly glad that not having to eat doesn't mean he can't.
His thumb brushes Taako's jaw again, just to feel him there - and if Kravitz is a little less warm than he was before, that's probably understandable. ]