[It wasn't fine, it was never going to be fine. But when it came to Ardyn, what else was new? It was just another ancient wound he knew the pain of far too well.]
[With a quiet, defeated sigh, his own cup of tea vanished into his Armiger in favor of an only slightly uncertain hug in return.]
...That isn't why I asked you here. I wanted to extend my own sympathies, and to be sure you were well. [Ardyn had never worn either a wedding ring or the mark of a Lucian monarch, but he had noticed the change on Regis easily enough.]
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[It wasn't fine, it was never going to be fine. But when it came to Ardyn, what else was new? It was just another ancient wound he knew the pain of far too well.]
[With a quiet, defeated sigh, his own cup of tea vanished into his Armiger in favor of an only slightly uncertain hug in return.]
...That isn't why I asked you here. I wanted to extend my own sympathies, and to be sure you were well. [Ardyn had never worn either a wedding ring or the mark of a Lucian monarch, but he had noticed the change on Regis easily enough.]