flora
Turning at the sound of his voice, Flora doesn't move to greet her co-ruler in a hug the way she normally might, instead keeping her arms wrapped tightly around herself as she offers him a weak smile. "Hey." Exhaustion darkened the queen's usual bright stare, though her eyes were far from vacant of emotion as her smile widened ever so slightly. "I've never been so happy to be home." She admits, huffing out a tired laugh.
"Sorry I didn't come and see you before, I..." Swallowing hard, Flora glances out toward where Starfall lumbered in the Arclight, her long lashes fluttering as memories swept through her mind. "..I don't even really know how to explain it." For all of the Doubletake's confidence that death couldn't keep her down given who her family was—not that she'd been wrong—what Flora hadn't ever accounted for was what death would feel like. The memories of Jack's body slumping over against hers, of the life draining out of her as the world grew smaller and colder with shocking speed had her waking up most nights trembling and soaked in her own sweat.
"Sorry I didn't come and see you before, I..." Swallowing hard, Flora glances out toward where Starfall lumbered in the Arclight, her long lashes fluttering as memories swept through her mind. "..I don't even really know how to explain it." For all of the Doubletake's confidence that death couldn't keep her down given who her family was—not that she'd been wrong—what Flora hadn't ever accounted for was what death would feel like. The memories of Jack's body slumping over against hers, of the life draining out of her as the world grew smaller and colder with shocking speed had her waking up most nights trembling and soaked in her own sweat.
How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?
Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?
Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?
