flora
"It literally does," Flora calls back, her tone laced with incredulity and a smirk that’s audible even through the words. "You fathered them, didn’t you? That’s kind of the defining feature." She scoffs as her feet thud gently on the wood below. "And I’m pretty sure Frey could’ve helped if you’d ever had the desire." she adds, not that she ever thought Jack did.
Shrugging out of his coat once they’re below, she tosses it lightly back toward him without ceremony, her curls bouncing as she disappears into her room. A soft rustle follows—thick socks being tugged up to her knees, the kind that bunch just enough to be cozy—and then the faint sound of her grabbing a blanket. She emerges a few moments later with the soft, sea-salted thing wrapped around her like armour.
"You can call it a pilgrimage," she says, nudging the door closed behind her with a hip. "But I’m calling it a well-deserved spa day." She leans against one of her counters, pulling the blanket tighter, curls falling like sun-drenched vines around her face.
As for normality—her exhale is a huff of breath, emphatic and honest. "Gods, me too." But even as she says it, her mindscape pulls taut and shadowed.
Shrugging out of his coat once they’re below, she tosses it lightly back toward him without ceremony, her curls bouncing as she disappears into her room. A soft rustle follows—thick socks being tugged up to her knees, the kind that bunch just enough to be cozy—and then the faint sound of her grabbing a blanket. She emerges a few moments later with the soft, sea-salted thing wrapped around her like armour.
"You can call it a pilgrimage," she says, nudging the door closed behind her with a hip. "But I’m calling it a well-deserved spa day." She leans against one of her counters, pulling the blanket tighter, curls falling like sun-drenched vines around her face.
As for normality—her exhale is a huff of breath, emphatic and honest. "Gods, me too." But even as she says it, her mindscape pulls taut and shadowed.
what doesn't kill me makes
me want you more
me want you more
