// won't you breathe with me? //
Getting up on her knees only so that she could settle in his lap, Maea slipped her arms around his waist. The scent of soap and clean water lingering in his hair was pleasant and she breathed in with a relief, like the physical separation had been an ordeal. "You won't lose me," she promised, guiding a porcelain-sheer horn around his neck so she could brush the tip of her nose along its cool skin. "I won't let anything do that. Especially not now." Thinking of the dragon living beneath her skin, it felt safe to say. Between that powerful a shift and strategically applied common sense, she should be fine.
Still, her confidence aside, she knew it must have stepped on a nerve for Liam. He'd already lost his family once, and while they'd been alright this time, she understood how it might awaken old ghosts. "You wanna talk about it?" It was an offer, not a request, one he was free to decline if this wasn't the time. Either way, she wasn't going anywhere.
Still, her confidence aside, she knew it must have stepped on a nerve for Liam. He'd already lost his family once, and while they'd been alright this time, she understood how it might awaken old ghosts. "You wanna talk about it?" It was an offer, not a request, one he was free to decline if this wasn't the time. Either way, she wasn't going anywhere.
Maea
// won't you take me to your heart? //
