{SE} Like a dream we're living in

I count your heartbeats before you sleep
I bite my fingernails to bone

It's hard not to notice when the Tidebreaker is approaching; the calming of seas, the omnipresent trident, not to mention his striking appearance. Still, so absorbed is she in the creation of her comb, Evie does not truly take notice until he calls her name. Looking up, Evie smiles and follows the motion by standing and walking into the foam of the shallows until easy lapping of water against the shore tickles at her ankles.

She recognizes the weight on his shoulders as the same on her own, and her smile softens with understanding. "About as well as you, I suspect. I'm sorry it's taken this long for us to meet after everything." It may be for understandable reasons, but she regrets it all the same. In fact, she hasn't seen him since the private moment on the Sea of Glass the morning of her wedding. Curious despite herself, Evie tilts her chin toward the materials he carries with him. "What do you have there?"

And now I crawl back under the stairwell
To a place I call my home

Evie