MAEA
It was perhaps a bit too easy to forget about the ordeal they'd just gone through. Her mind shied away from it, indulging instead in the thrill of skin against skin, the sound of waves crashing against nearby cliffs and the way Liam's breath tickled her ear when he spoke. She had just found the perfect angle to rest her head against his shoulder - so that her horns wouldn't get in the way - when his question dragged her back down beneath the waves, back into that dark, cramped place. Without light. Without air.
A faint tremor went through her, noticeable only because he held her. "Yeah. I'm still afraid," she breathed, squeezing her eyes shut only to find the visions of that dark place intensifying. "I died like that... once. I think I told you about that?" Or had that been the desert she told him about? "A ghost whale swallowed me, and I couldn't get out..." Drawing in a deep breath, she made herself compare the instances. Then, and this time; "but, I suppose I discovered that I can do a thing, even though it's frightening. If I am determined enough. And ask for help." Covering one of his hands with her own, Maea squeezed it gently. Beyond grateful for his presence, and more than a little sorry for the fright she must have caused him.
"Thank you. For coming with me." That made it the second time he'd saved her life. Not a habit they should get into, perhaps.
A faint tremor went through her, noticeable only because he held her. "Yeah. I'm still afraid," she breathed, squeezing her eyes shut only to find the visions of that dark place intensifying. "I died like that... once. I think I told you about that?" Or had that been the desert she told him about? "A ghost whale swallowed me, and I couldn't get out..." Drawing in a deep breath, she made herself compare the instances. Then, and this time; "but, I suppose I discovered that I can do a thing, even though it's frightening. If I am determined enough. And ask for help." Covering one of his hands with her own, Maea squeezed it gently. Beyond grateful for his presence, and more than a little sorry for the fright she must have caused him.
"Thank you. For coming with me." That made it the second time he'd saved her life. Not a habit they should get into, perhaps.
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