Oh, empty my heart
This was not how she had wanted the night to go. The fun, the laugher and the dance had all been trampled like the flowers of the meadow, until only the memory lingered like fading essences in the air. Why did they always have to end up like this? Once was a mistake, twice a pattern in the making - one that Seren hated.
"You are too kind, you know that?" she murmured. He should be berating her, at the very least. Yet there was only understanding, and kind fingers threading into her hair to bridge a gap she hadn't been sure could be mended. The breath Seren let out as their foreheads came together was slow and trembling, whispering of relief that had to do with far more than promises or forgiveness. She nearly flinched at the pain in Sah's voice, and immediately shook her head in a tiny gesture, so she wouldn't jostle him.
"No, please. I am grateful. You did more for the both of us than I ever had the right to ask. You didn't hurt me." Reaching up, she cradled the side if his neck and cheek in her hand. Her thumb brushed along his cheekbone in a shy, soothing gesture. "How can I make this up to you?"
Where he lay, the dragon closed his eyes and turned the head away. Surly, feeling left out - and very aware that the blame for all of the storms clouding the light in his bonded had an origin in himself.
"You are too kind, you know that?" she murmured. He should be berating her, at the very least. Yet there was only understanding, and kind fingers threading into her hair to bridge a gap she hadn't been sure could be mended. The breath Seren let out as their foreheads came together was slow and trembling, whispering of relief that had to do with far more than promises or forgiveness. She nearly flinched at the pain in Sah's voice, and immediately shook her head in a tiny gesture, so she wouldn't jostle him.
"No, please. I am grateful. You did more for the both of us than I ever had the right to ask. You didn't hurt me." Reaching up, she cradled the side if his neck and cheek in her hand. Her thumb brushed along his cheekbone in a shy, soothing gesture. "How can I make this up to you?"
Where he lay, the dragon closed his eyes and turned the head away. Surly, feeling left out - and very aware that the blame for all of the storms clouding the light in his bonded had an origin in himself.
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
