( Perhaps more than anything it is practical. It's at least meant to be that way, but it doesn't keep Emil from feeling a certain...romanticism about it. It's going to be impossible that he doesn't use this nifty item for instances that aren't so utilitarian, or even necessary. And even regardless of their functionality, he has something that will always tell him where Lalli is, and the same is also true. It's impossible to ignore the implication of that kind of link.
If this was their bed back home, he wouldn't feel so paranoid about placing this gift on his little side table, or even next to him on the edge of the mattress. Here, though, he's surrounded by lapping water on all sides. One hand tightly clutches his compass so as not to lose track of it, but the other finds Lalli's unencumbered hand and gives it a squeeze, grip remaining tight. It's hard to think of what he could say to aptly articulate what exactly it is he's feeling right now, enamored but in a much more solid, grounded way than he usually is. )
Thank you. It'll be really useful. ( Which is actually on the bottom of his list of reasons to like it, but probably what Lalli would appreciate the most. Being useful, offering up a useful thing. Insecurities that Emil still doesn't fully comprehend, coming from the most necessary person he knows. )
❰ it's not subtle, whatever bubbles under the shifting inscrutability of emil's expression. like he's trying to express one thing but underneath it is something entirely different, in a way that lalli can't entirely identify. the outer layer though, he realizes, is practicality. this is emil trying to look pragmatic, just like lalli has been.
it's not... the way this should go. lalli's pragmatic because that's all he knows to be. that doesn't mean it's the right thing to be. doesn't mean it's what emil has to be.
but the words come anyway, practical as anything, and lalli hums a quiet agreement as he lifts emil's hand back up to his own hair, tilting and pressing a bit like he's trying to foist a precious bug onto a different surface. hand squeezing is nice enough, but not if it means the swede isn't touching his hair. priorities.
speaking of priorities - he's struck with the lingering need to show emil that it's alright to be impractical at him sometimes. so belatedly he murmurs, ❱ So you can stop worrying. ❰ ...vittu, he meant to say something senseless and sentimental but that, too, is actually kind of practical. ❱
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If this was their bed back home, he wouldn't feel so paranoid about placing this gift on his little side table, or even next to him on the edge of the mattress. Here, though, he's surrounded by lapping water on all sides. One hand tightly clutches his compass so as not to lose track of it, but the other finds Lalli's unencumbered hand and gives it a squeeze, grip remaining tight. It's hard to think of what he could say to aptly articulate what exactly it is he's feeling right now, enamored but in a much more solid, grounded way than he usually is. )
Thank you. It'll be really useful. ( Which is actually on the bottom of his list of reasons to like it, but probably what Lalli would appreciate the most. Being useful, offering up a useful thing. Insecurities that Emil still doesn't fully comprehend, coming from the most necessary person he knows. )
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it's not... the way this should go. lalli's pragmatic because that's all he knows to be. that doesn't mean it's the right thing to be. doesn't mean it's what emil has to be.
but the words come anyway, practical as anything, and lalli hums a quiet agreement as he lifts emil's hand back up to his own hair, tilting and pressing a bit like he's trying to foist a precious bug onto a different surface. hand squeezing is nice enough, but not if it means the swede isn't touching his hair. priorities.
speaking of priorities - he's struck with the lingering need to show emil that it's alright to be impractical at him sometimes. so belatedly he murmurs, ❱ So you can stop worrying. ❰ ...vittu, he meant to say something senseless and sentimental but that, too, is actually kind of practical. ❱