And I'm split in half, but that'll have to do
Wrapping Mateo up in his arms before settling his cheek against the pillow, Everest only had to shift once or twice to keep from inhaling his friend's tangle of curls. It wasn't like spooning Isla, though Everest felt no less content to hold his friend's body close to his own. What he'd ever been so bothered about all his life that had kept him from doing this he couldn't recall at all, even less so with the botanist's voice rumbling against him.
"The three of them were at the Ball, recently." He murmurs. "And they all did look fairly preoccupied." Flora, with being the loudest and shiniest thing in the room, but Ever had noticed the way Remi and Ronin had stalked around the room before settling down. That they had settled down, the aviator only noticed because of who the Bastien had been dancing with.
"Not that it's an excuse." The aviator adds gently.
"The three of them were at the Ball, recently." He murmurs. "And they all did look fairly preoccupied." Flora, with being the loudest and shiniest thing in the room, but Ever had noticed the way Remi and Ronin had stalked around the room before settling down. That they had settled down, the aviator only noticed because of who the Bastien had been dancing with.
"Not that it's an excuse." The aviator adds gently.
