[Video; UN: gentlebreeze]

[gentledawn]

[He too heard the broadcast and he has questions he can't stifle:]

Please, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could someone give me guidance on what is expected of us? Releasing my...my regrets...

I'm not sure I...can.

[Just like that. In a blink. How can anyone? He closes his eyes, expression pained.]

As for being here before... Do you think that is true?

[His head aches and he rubs at his temple.]

Our lives are complicated enough, I think, without time misbehaving.

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[gentledawn]

[It sets his soul at ease to know his beloved isn't suffering. Xingchen can handle anything if his Zichen is at peace. He snuggles against his beloved's strong, warm side and smiles at the deep breaths. Sometimes, before they sleep, he touches his lover like this, softly, simply enjoying the fact that he can.]

There is no frost in you, love. [If anything, Zichen reminds him of the first gentle days of Spring when everything is beginning to thaw.] If there is any ice, it's turning to water and it will nourish the beautiful green plants and flowers.

[tobrushawaysnow]

[ He likes how they settle together to sleep, pressed as close together as possible. Limbs tangled and entwined in a way that ensures they can't easily be parted. Feeling the life in the other, strong and sure.

Zichen smiles and shakes his head just a little. ]

If there is no frost in me, it is because you have melted it all.

[gentledawn]

[Xingchen sleeps like a baby when he is tangled up like that. Zichen's presence must scare off his nightmares because they don't dare visit him! Then again, his soulmate has always protected him. He wants to return the same sense of security even if he will never be as powerful as his mate.]

You smile for me. [He murmurs, beaming.] Your frost was your pain. I want to melt it.