KOA
There is something terribly wrong. Koa knows that, but nothing else. He's too caught up in Flora's distress to leave room for suspicion, his focus wholly on the Doubletake, the distress that she's in. Has something happened? An attack? A death? "What's wrong? Is it your family?" he asks, still stuck in the limbo of ignorance, convinced so wholly that the crisis is coming from without. He wishes he knew how to help her, could hold her tight enough to still the racking, heaving sobs. He feels so inadequate.
And then there's those three words.
Koa stiffens against her, a sudden rush of savage suspicions starting to claw into his mind. But no, no, he shoves it aside, swallows it like a fool in denial, head already shaking away those fears. "No, hey, no--" No, don't say the thing he fears is coming. No, don't let it end like this.
Gently tugging back from her, Koa reaches for Flora's chin, tilting her tear-marked face up toward his. There's concern in the copper gaze that searches hers, searching for answers in a cloudy blue sea. But he keeps his composure, trying to muster a reassuring smile that can't reach his gaze. "Tell me what happened," he murmurs gently, thumb brushing a tear from her cheek. "We'll figure it out. It'll be okay." Whatever it is, just let me fix it.
You don't have to break my heart.
And then there's those three words.
Koa stiffens against her, a sudden rush of savage suspicions starting to claw into his mind. But no, no, he shoves it aside, swallows it like a fool in denial, head already shaking away those fears. "No, hey, no--" No, don't say the thing he fears is coming. No, don't let it end like this.
Gently tugging back from her, Koa reaches for Flora's chin, tilting her tear-marked face up toward his. There's concern in the copper gaze that searches hers, searching for answers in a cloudy blue sea. But he keeps his composure, trying to muster a reassuring smile that can't reach his gaze. "Tell me what happened," he murmurs gently, thumb brushing a tear from her cheek. "We'll figure it out. It'll be okay." Whatever it is, just let me fix it.
You don't have to break my heart.
With each love I cut loose, I was never the same
Watching still living roots be consumed by the flame
Watching still living roots be consumed by the flame
