Deimos
Out of earshot and range, the only other sounds he made were a long, drawn-out sigh. He refused to let the overwhelming feeling burden past his shoulders and down his spine, or clench through his jaw and meander, mire, its way along his ribcage. Instead, he placed it all aside like a compartmentalized zone; striving to muck his way through it as they had with everything else tossed against them lately. The promised gentleness of the season had long since been forgotten, and he –
Snagged at a large plate instead, listening to Erebos giggle and squirm from his hold, permitting a soft rumble to echo through his chest. It either seemed to pacify and entertain the infant, whose legs were squirming and flailing about in amused ease as Deimos began to arrange a simple platter of food – figuring that’d be best for a being who’d only ever photosynthesized. Before long, he’d placed crackers, cheese, slices of ham, jerky, ningo, and some fruits like grapes and apples from the greenhouse, in a display. Snagging a few of each for himself before returning, father and son made their way back into the living room as Evie spoke about planter boxes.
Placing the food down along the coffee table, and rearranging the wriggling child in his arms, he took another cracker and ate it in front of both – perhaps a cheeky model and example. “See if any of those are to your liking.”
Snagged at a large plate instead, listening to Erebos giggle and squirm from his hold, permitting a soft rumble to echo through his chest. It either seemed to pacify and entertain the infant, whose legs were squirming and flailing about in amused ease as Deimos began to arrange a simple platter of food – figuring that’d be best for a being who’d only ever photosynthesized. Before long, he’d placed crackers, cheese, slices of ham, jerky, ningo, and some fruits like grapes and apples from the greenhouse, in a display. Snagging a few of each for himself before returning, father and son made their way back into the living room as Evie spoke about planter boxes.
Placing the food down along the coffee table, and rearranging the wriggling child in his arms, he took another cracker and ate it in front of both – perhaps a cheeky model and example. “See if any of those are to your liking.”
we exhume our enemy's bones
we are battling, hungry beasts
we are battling, hungry beasts
