Maea
And it feels like fear
Like I'll disappear
Like I'll disappear
Maea had already weaseled her way out of the doorway and was half a pace from gone as the man kept speaking. Tea, family, homes and character; nuggets of information bombarding her with options to not care, options to shrug and be off. None of her business, nothing to do with her.
Except, the mention of Halo froze her mid stride. For a heartbeat she hesitated, and when she slowly turned back, a wistful look beneath the rainsoaked mop of hair suggested that he had found a soft spot.
"... it's been a lifetime since I had Halo tea," came a hushed admission. Closing her eyes, memories welled up, images aglow with the rosy tint of nostalgia. The frozen landscape, the deep dark and blinding lights of bonfires and snow. They beckoned her like a mirage in the desert.
"But I shouldn't bother you. I should go..." Hiding her hands away beneath the cloak, Maea managed a weak smile, thinking it would convince them both that she really was fine. She didn't know that her eyes betrayed her, or that the lonely curve of her hunched shoulders made her seem even smaller than she already was.
She considered herself done with relying on others. This was no time to start.
Except, the mention of Halo froze her mid stride. For a heartbeat she hesitated, and when she slowly turned back, a wistful look beneath the rainsoaked mop of hair suggested that he had found a soft spot.
"... it's been a lifetime since I had Halo tea," came a hushed admission. Closing her eyes, memories welled up, images aglow with the rosy tint of nostalgia. The frozen landscape, the deep dark and blinding lights of bonfires and snow. They beckoned her like a mirage in the desert.
"But I shouldn't bother you. I should go..." Hiding her hands away beneath the cloak, Maea managed a weak smile, thinking it would convince them both that she really was fine. She didn't know that her eyes betrayed her, or that the lonely curve of her hunched shoulders made her seem even smaller than she already was.
She considered herself done with relying on others. This was no time to start.
Gets so hard to steer
Yet I go on
Yet I go on
