[ME] till forever falls apart

we've been living on a fault line
and for a while, you were all mine

Beaming to see her mother as she ushers her new husband over to meet her, the Harpy gladly embraces her tightly and commits it to memory before withdrawing and accepting the squeeze of her hands briefly before she’s watching with an almost hawk-eyed focus on how Rexanna leans toward Fox. Taking in the calculating gaze, then the hug, something in her settles completely.

Like all the pieces have sat just right - that the person she’d much rather have as a father than her own had walked her down the aisle to this very moment, while her mother had offered her own approval. It’s a bittersweet beauty that Kiada settles in for, and she carefully wipes away the tears that have fallen, warm and joyous onto her cheeks.

Content to drag her mother away with her and Fox for a few moments to continue to talk and absorb as much time as she can, she makes a mental note to send Remi a letter thanking him profusely for this opportunity, before the true shenanigans of their wedding can begin.

And for the first time in a very long time, the Harpy feels whole.

- FIN

KIADA

i've spent a lifetime giving you my heart,
i swear that i'll be yours forever, till forever falls apart