Loathe the way they light candles in Rome,
But love the sweet air of the votives
But love the sweet air of the votives
"Last season," Koa repeats, bemused, usually warm voice muted by a stab of guilt. But he rallies his best, putting on a genuine smile as the tiny winged snake flits between his fingertips. "Welcome to the family, Mika. Pip'll be thrilled to have another noodle to play with."
Noe does not accept the invitation, and Koa can feel his best-laid plans slip away like sand. Fuck, he's fucking all this up. "Nothing's wrong!" he's quick to assure her - a reassurance which is perhaps diminished by its suspicious speed. The young man forces himself to pause, to steady his breath, to smile. Shrugging off her refusal, Koa sinks down into his own seat. "I talked to dad earlier, actually, and you'll be very proud to know that we only spent like thirty percent of it shouting."
He waits for her another few seconds, taking a necessary sip of the beer. "But I - we were thinking- well, with all my assignments recently, maybe it's time to take some time off?" And here he's finally at an advantage, the eagerness of a golden retriever shining in his smile and eyes. "All of us. As a family. Get out of the city. Go on a trip. I was thinking King's End, the Climb... maybe Halo?" Not because of a certain hot springthat he tragically does not yet know was destroyed or anything.
Noe does not accept the invitation, and Koa can feel his best-laid plans slip away like sand. Fuck, he's fucking all this up. "Nothing's wrong!" he's quick to assure her - a reassurance which is perhaps diminished by its suspicious speed. The young man forces himself to pause, to steady his breath, to smile. Shrugging off her refusal, Koa sinks down into his own seat. "I talked to dad earlier, actually, and you'll be very proud to know that we only spent like thirty percent of it shouting."
He waits for her another few seconds, taking a necessary sip of the beer. "But I - we were thinking- well, with all my assignments recently, maybe it's time to take some time off?" And here he's finally at an advantage, the eagerness of a golden retriever shining in his smile and eyes. "All of us. As a family. Get out of the city. Go on a trip. I was thinking King's End, the Climb... maybe Halo?" Not because of a certain hot spring
Hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone;
Engage with the pain as a motive
Engage with the pain as a motive
