CHAPTER THREE ♔ heaven rain the colors down to form another prize

[romanticidal]

♬ someone like you (acoustic) - brian vander ark

WHO || Rafael, Buffy, Des
WHAT || The OT3 escapes Italy
WHERE || Venice --> etc
WHEN || June 8th
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

It's already about ten or eleven in the morning by the time Raf, Buffy, and Des made it to a hotel in Venice and got a couple rooms to crash in for a few hours, since they were running on zero sleep and a lot of adrenaline after their escape from Rome and subsequent barrage of revelations.

A few hours of rest is all they're looking for before they make their way back to London, but they're still cut off from the Knights, thanks to Iscariot taking all their phones.

When Buffy's eyes flutter open after some very, very satisfying sleep, it might take her a moment to realize that she's actually awake. Rafael's face is remarkably close to her own since they're sharing a pillow, and his own eyes are open, studying her face with a thoughtful, fond expression and the shadow of a smile on his cheek. One of his arms is still wrapped around her, and he squeezes her side when he sees she's awake and greets her gently.

"Buongiorno, carina."

Comments

[slay]

[ despite everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours, she feels more rested than she can ever remember feeling when she opens her eyes. she turns contentedly to look up at rafael, one hand smoothing over his on her side. ]

Hi.

[ she agrees with a glowing smile that she tries to temper. the events of the late morning had done a great deal to assuage her distress, and she can feel warmth humming through her now. she reaches up to brush her other hand over the side of his face, holding his gaze and taking a moment to breath and just bask. ]

plane ride ♔ heaven help the world when you're no longer for our eyes

[slay]

[ the plane is waiting for them at a rural milan airport, closed off by a metal fence and a coded lock. inside the airfield, a pilot is waiting with the passenger cabin of a private plane open. the trouble is over: other people can operate their impossible automobiles for them now. what a relief that burt would never learn to fly his own plane and arranged for their flight.

buffy actually begins to run up to the plane because wow this is the best thing she’s seen in two days. they’re going home!! ]