Lena
The sparking and sizzling atmosphere amidst the horizon was something breathtaking, and if there weren’t half a dozen other things suddenly buzzing through their minds, Lena would’ve been mesmerized by the presence of the storms. Otherworldly and enigmatic, havens and havoc collected in schisms –
But then there was Vox, and anything pleasant seemed to vanish as the words sunk in.
All she needed to hear was the Tower falling, once more, for her entire form to go straight in their little booth in the back – dropping her fork unpleasantly against the plate. Visions of the past, of her sister’s corpse, of the rubble and ruin, of decimated landscapes…
Of the threat booming in their ears.
“Not again,” she managed to stifle back, teeth biting at her lip until she felt the urgency to curl into herself – because they’d tried so hard and she’d wanted nothing more than to –
She didn’t look up at him, not now when the tears and memories were beginning to claw. “Should we head back because –.”
But then there was Vox, and anything pleasant seemed to vanish as the words sunk in.
All she needed to hear was the Tower falling, once more, for her entire form to go straight in their little booth in the back – dropping her fork unpleasantly against the plate. Visions of the past, of her sister’s corpse, of the rubble and ruin, of decimated landscapes…
Of the threat booming in their ears.
“Not again,” she managed to stifle back, teeth biting at her lip until she felt the urgency to curl into herself – because they’d tried so hard and she’d wanted nothing more than to –
She didn’t look up at him, not now when the tears and memories were beginning to claw. “Should we head back because –.”
sunlight on mist; summer lightning
your choices outweigh your substance
your choices outweigh your substance
