"It means-" And then he stopped himself, shaking his head in disbelief, "It means it would be easy for to find someone... different."
He'd given it some thought and was still perplexed that Athelstan saw anything in him. Unlike Athelstan, these thoughts had never really been about self worth, but about what he was possibly offering to the monk aside from a vaguely safe place amongst the Vikings, and even that was debatable. To learn that Athelstan had returned to England and then still chosen him confused Ragnar. He had always felt a strangely deep connection between them. Some days he might even call if fate bound. But when given the chance to return to England, he wouldn't have guessed the monk would've looked back.
He sat back up, leaning forward to rest his chin on the couch cushion, looking up at Athelstan.
"That, I can give you," Though he still feared it wouldn't be enough.
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Date: 2018-01-18 03:59 am (UTC)He'd given it some thought and was still perplexed that Athelstan saw anything in him. Unlike Athelstan, these thoughts had never really been about self worth, but about what he was possibly offering to the monk aside from a vaguely safe place amongst the Vikings, and even that was debatable. To learn that Athelstan had returned to England and then still chosen him confused Ragnar. He had always felt a strangely deep connection between them. Some days he might even call if fate bound. But when given the chance to return to England, he wouldn't have guessed the monk would've looked back.
He sat back up, leaning forward to rest his chin on the couch cushion, looking up at Athelstan.
"That, I can give you," Though he still feared it wouldn't be enough.