eyes on fire, you are the unforecasted storm
Folding laundry on the couch as the fire crackles is a level of peace Hotaru will never tire of during the sunless days of LongNight. Anything is better than the horrors of the years before the war, but there's an additional layer of comfort in shutting the world out for socially-acceptable reasons for a bit. A sealed envelope sits innocuously on the coffee table, taunting her. It draws her gaze between every new garment she picks up despite the fact it never moves or changes. The Valkyrie exhales roughly, irritated.
Laying the shirt she'd just folded down on top of the stack it belongs in, she twists in her seat to hang one arm over the back of the couch and lay her chin on her forearm, digging her free hand into the cushions to transfer the spasm of hurt and reflexive fear when her eyes find Sunjata. The void shadows are lessened given he's not infected, but they refuse to give ground entirely.
"I need to visit Frey after LongNight." It's a quiet declaration that breaks the comfortable silence they'd been sitting in. "Is there anything you think I should ask?" Anything he hadn't done himself? Chewing her lip, Ru fights the urge to glance away as the real topic she wants to bring up weighs down on her tongue. It wouldn't be worth having to see the after-images on Sunjata's face a second time if she did. "I know I should see Flora before them...but I can't even send the damn letter." Puffing a breath that stirs her hair and sets it fluttering like dim firefly light around her face, she settles for lowering her gaze to Sunjata's neck tattoo so she can glower uncomfortably at something without courting the vengeful echoes of the Family's presence.
Laying the shirt she'd just folded down on top of the stack it belongs in, she twists in her seat to hang one arm over the back of the couch and lay her chin on her forearm, digging her free hand into the cushions to transfer the spasm of hurt and reflexive fear when her eyes find Sunjata. The void shadows are lessened given he's not infected, but they refuse to give ground entirely.
"I need to visit Frey after LongNight." It's a quiet declaration that breaks the comfortable silence they'd been sitting in. "Is there anything you think I should ask?" Anything he hadn't done himself? Chewing her lip, Ru fights the urge to glance away as the real topic she wants to bring up weighs down on her tongue. It wouldn't be worth having to see the after-images on Sunjata's face a second time if she did. "I know I should see Flora before them...but I can't even send the damn letter." Puffing a breath that stirs her hair and sets it fluttering like dim firefly light around her face, she settles for lowering her gaze to Sunjata's neck tattoo so she can glower uncomfortably at something without courting the vengeful echoes of the Family's presence.
the Valkyrie
