[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]

[Zichen has often fought that fear for his sake. Xingchen does not miss that barrier between them. He touches and holds and kisses his Zichen as often as possible now to make up for lost time!]

I feel you with me. Right here. [He lays a hand over his heart.]

My soulmate lives here and I know I'm safe from all harm. [He grins at the tighter embrace and presses their lips together, cupping Zichen's cheek.] Only a little? You're not giving yourself enough credit! You're my sun and my world and all of the stars in the sky.

[tobrushawaysnow]

[ Only Xingchen had ever been worth it to fight that fear. Thanks to Wen Kexing, and to Runyu, he relaxes easier, can accept affection more readily. It takes far less effort, even without a more recent cleanse from the immortal dragon.

Almost no effort at all with Xingchen. He doesn't miss that barrier, holding him apart from others. He breathes deep under that gentle hand, feels how it calms the racing his heart had been doing. The extra kisses make him smile and he gladly answers in kind! He lifts a hand up to hold that hand to his cheek, giving it a little nuzzle as his cheeks heat at each of those sweet words. ]

Xingchen...if I am all of that for you, I hope you know you are the moon to my sun, the warmth to my frost.

[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.