from the mornings you ease to the evenings you quiet
I'm always thinking of you, I'm always dreaming of you
I'm always thinking of you, I'm always dreaming of you
Hotaru makes a noise of disgust as he points out the truth of the matter, but her mouth is quick to reform into a grin after her dramatics. Some things are allowed to be feigned and concealed - some are not. Things like the truth of her feelings surrounding something as impossible and grandiose as a child returning from the stars.
Unfortunately, she isn't sure what she thinks about it aside from happy for him. That's enough for now. Hotaru won't trouble him or delay discussion about the news to examine her own emotions just yet. His uncertainty is her priority, the clamor of joy against nervousness and the fog of unclear next steps. Hotaru lifts her hand to cup his cheek as the soft glow of her hair blots out that fog. It will be there regardless; for now, she wants him to focus only on this moment.
"With age comes wisdom as they say. Maybe she wants to fix things after time away. Start again." Hotaru doesn't know how time passes or how life feels in the stars, but she wouldn't be surprised to know that the what-ifs had harangued the girl as surely as they had Sunjata. Castles abandoned, the Valkyrie's thumb brushes lovingly over the Flood's cheek, smoothing over stubble and brushing past the edges of his lashes on the return. "You - we - can move at her pace. There is room for her; in our lives, in the house..." Hotaru isn't sure she'd want that if she's Flora's age, but she needs Sunjata to hear the truth in her tone, in the calm of her side of the bond. Regardless of what she feels or might come to feel as she examines herself more, she won't spurn the young woman as she once had. No matter what that might bring. "You just tell me what you both need as you figure it out." I'm here.
- Fin
Unfortunately, she isn't sure what she thinks about it aside from happy for him. That's enough for now. Hotaru won't trouble him or delay discussion about the news to examine her own emotions just yet. His uncertainty is her priority, the clamor of joy against nervousness and the fog of unclear next steps. Hotaru lifts her hand to cup his cheek as the soft glow of her hair blots out that fog. It will be there regardless; for now, she wants him to focus only on this moment.
"With age comes wisdom as they say. Maybe she wants to fix things after time away. Start again." Hotaru doesn't know how time passes or how life feels in the stars, but she wouldn't be surprised to know that the what-ifs had harangued the girl as surely as they had Sunjata. Castles abandoned, the Valkyrie's thumb brushes lovingly over the Flood's cheek, smoothing over stubble and brushing past the edges of his lashes on the return. "You - we - can move at her pace. There is room for her; in our lives, in the house..." Hotaru isn't sure she'd want that if she's Flora's age, but she needs Sunjata to hear the truth in her tone, in the calm of her side of the bond. Regardless of what she feels or might come to feel as she examines herself more, she won't spurn the young woman as she once had. No matter what that might bring. "You just tell me what you both need as you figure it out." I'm here.
- Fin
the valkyrie
say my name, say I'm yours
promise we'll never be oceans apart
promise we'll never be oceans apart
totally sniped from odd ilu
