[ he doesn’t have to give hawk a meeting point, because embry is already on his floor, not far from the suite he’s been a stranger to ever since his storm of bad decisions spiraled into unspeakable shame. the door opens after a brief knock, as if hawk knows it can only be him, and then he’s inside, the smoke and leather scent familiar even if embry feels like he’s been stripped raw and turned inside out since the last time he stood before him like this. ]
I needed to see you. [ a quiet confession that belies a certain inevitability between them. if hawk hadn’t reached out, embry would’ve found his way here regardless. ash is back. ash is alive. but the fact that he was ever gone in the first place has left him hollowed out, numb. ] I’m sorry.
[ impossible to atone for the ocean of sins between them — but it’s a sea he’s still willing to cross, his arms winding around hawk, eyes slipping tightly shut as he pulls him close, face buried in the crook of his shoulder. ]
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I needed to see you. [ a quiet confession that belies a certain inevitability between them. if hawk hadn’t reached out, embry would’ve found his way here regardless. ash is back. ash is alive. but the fact that he was ever gone in the first place has left him hollowed out, numb. ] I’m sorry.
[ impossible to atone for the ocean of sins between them — but it’s a sea he’s still willing to cross, his arms winding around hawk, eyes slipping tightly shut as he pulls him close, face buried in the crook of his shoulder. ]