MAEA
He moved away in a heartbeat and Maea quickly rolled around, got to her knees and raised the sword and shield at the ready. But her composure was in shambles; the sword trembled in her grip and white lined of panic kept streaking the outsides of her conscious mind even though she sucked in breath after breath to keep it at bay.
"It's fine," she lied, hoarse and a bit gruff, "I'm fine. You did nothing wrong." It was just her, just complex trauma rearing its ugly head at the worst possible time - exaggerated simply because this young man was still a stranger who got far too close. A shudder wrecked her from top to toe... but then it subsided.
Slowly she got back up on her feet.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't breathe." Only a small part of the truth, it was nonetheless all she could bring herself to explain.
"It's fine," she lied, hoarse and a bit gruff, "I'm fine. You did nothing wrong." It was just her, just complex trauma rearing its ugly head at the worst possible time - exaggerated simply because this young man was still a stranger who got far too close. A shudder wrecked her from top to toe... but then it subsided.
Slowly she got back up on her feet.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't breathe." Only a small part of the truth, it was nonetheless all she could bring herself to explain.
Nothing lasts forever, I thought you should know
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
