For amusement’s sake he watched her striving to piece together everything beforehand. When reality finally hit, he then scrutinized for something akin to sadness or sorrow, for worlds to blend and revisit the pains and aches stemming from tragic experiences. However, it all seemed to awaken and unfurl in rapport and contentment, overflowing happiness, abundance of radiant appeasement and triumph.
Then he could let himself revel in it too – hugging and snagging her in return, allowing a warm laugh to burst through his chest. Still it was soft and muffled, against her and whispering into the world around them, and while he didn’t voice everything he was feeling, she did it for him. “Thank you,” he extended eventually, when the emotions were bright and vivid, when the colors burst between, when hope felt like something tangible instead of enigmatic portions of dread. And no, years before in their echoes and undulations of what it meant to be rendered into nothing but pieces and shackles, tethers and lines, he never would have expected this.
But it was growth and healing and allowing oneself to do all of that – and finding another willing to do so alongside.
He wiped at his own eyes before laughing again, shaking his head to rid himself of things that felt vulnerable. “She is due in Deepfrost.” Ru would understand the parallels of the unknown rippling through; first time ventures and confusion notwithstanding. “I intended to shop discretely while I was here,” or at least acquire some ideas that he could simply recreate at home. He gave an impish grin, tilting his head vaguely. “You would know best.”
Then he could let himself revel in it too – hugging and snagging her in return, allowing a warm laugh to burst through his chest. Still it was soft and muffled, against her and whispering into the world around them, and while he didn’t voice everything he was feeling, she did it for him. “Thank you,” he extended eventually, when the emotions were bright and vivid, when the colors burst between, when hope felt like something tangible instead of enigmatic portions of dread. And no, years before in their echoes and undulations of what it meant to be rendered into nothing but pieces and shackles, tethers and lines, he never would have expected this.
But it was growth and healing and allowing oneself to do all of that – and finding another willing to do so alongside.
He wiped at his own eyes before laughing again, shaking his head to rid himself of things that felt vulnerable. “She is due in Deepfrost.” Ru would understand the parallels of the unknown rippling through; first time ventures and confusion notwithstanding. “I intended to shop discretely while I was here,” or at least acquire some ideas that he could simply recreate at home. He gave an impish grin, tilting his head vaguely. “You would know best.”
deimos
Never let them drain the river of your soul
