MAEA
Had she really done everything? She could teleport. Why hadn't she left earlier? If she had risked a strike landing, maybe she could have been out of there much sooner. Before anyone got hurt. If she hadn't stopped to exchange insults, if the sight of those rags around the woman's shoulders hadn't made her feel so lost, so lonely...
The shadowed eyes that flitted about the room met Amun's gaze, quite by accident. Then she couldn't look away again. Not when she perceived the well-restrained anger in him. Or perhaps it was concern. A bit of both, carefully tucked away behind the soothing reassurances. The weight of his hands on her knees was an anchor. She wished she knew if the touch was hot or cold or...
Maea swallowed. Blinked rapidly. Something syrupy and thick clogged the back of her throat, and if grief had a flavor, it must be like the ocean. Salty and bitter and unforgettable.
Unable to bring herself to smile, her eyes softened nonetheless. At least she had managed that. One promise, unbroken. And Maea supposed she knew now, exactly how far she was willing to go to keep it.
"I won't leave you," she mumbled. A confirmation. Her unbound hand moved, made to touch his - but hesitated, when the red on her skin registered again.
If only she knew who she was, now. It seemed so very far removed from the girl she once had been.
The shadowed eyes that flitted about the room met Amun's gaze, quite by accident. Then she couldn't look away again. Not when she perceived the well-restrained anger in him. Or perhaps it was concern. A bit of both, carefully tucked away behind the soothing reassurances. The weight of his hands on her knees was an anchor. She wished she knew if the touch was hot or cold or...
Maea swallowed. Blinked rapidly. Something syrupy and thick clogged the back of her throat, and if grief had a flavor, it must be like the ocean. Salty and bitter and unforgettable.
Unable to bring herself to smile, her eyes softened nonetheless. At least she had managed that. One promise, unbroken. And Maea supposed she knew now, exactly how far she was willing to go to keep it.
"I won't leave you," she mumbled. A confirmation. Her unbound hand moved, made to touch his - but hesitated, when the red on her skin registered again.
If only she knew who she was, now. It seemed so very far removed from the girl she once had been.
Light is easy to love
Show me your darkness
Show me your darkness
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
