Kylo, his breath ripped into rags. Fingers of one hand curled tight around the anchoring weight of the axe propped against his thigh, the other hanging in the air. They're so close, Kylo and the dream thief locked into defiant genuflection at his feet, that his every shuddering exhale has Kavinsky's mouth dragging against his bared skin.
In, out. In, and out again. He has him, entirely at his mercy. His pulse thuds, viciously hard.
And his fingers come to rest on Kavinsky's frozen shoulder. Slowly, horribly slowly, he slides down into a crouch, finding a level with his eyes and holding it. Kylo's face is too flushed for the steadiness of his expression.]
Do you know what forgiveness is.
[Rhetorical. Kavinsky can't answer it anyway. The question might even be more of a fixed point for Kylo to anchor himself to than anything else. But gradually, as he speaks, as he regains control over himself, his control over his captive begins to ease. ]
Ronan told me. In the chapel, over there. Long before he knew all the things I have done, all the things they did. To me. He said. Forgiveness, is choosing not to punish someone. Even when you have the right.
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Kylo, his breath ripped into rags. Fingers of one hand curled tight around the anchoring weight of the axe propped against his thigh, the other hanging in the air. They're so close, Kylo and the dream thief locked into defiant genuflection at his feet, that his every shuddering exhale has Kavinsky's mouth dragging against his bared skin.
In, out. In, and out again. He has him, entirely at his mercy. His pulse thuds, viciously hard.
And his fingers come to rest on Kavinsky's frozen shoulder. Slowly, horribly slowly, he slides down into a crouch, finding a level with his eyes and holding it. Kylo's face is too flushed for the steadiness of his expression.]
Do you know what forgiveness is.
[Rhetorical. Kavinsky can't answer it anyway. The question might even be more of a fixed point for Kylo to anchor himself to than anything else. But gradually, as he speaks, as he regains control over himself, his control over his captive begins to ease. ]
Ronan told me. In the chapel, over there. Long before he knew all the things I have done, all the things they did. To me. He said. Forgiveness, is choosing not to punish someone. Even when you have the right.