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Evie

In your arms I understand all at once

That my life has been building me up to us

There is more room to breathe now, to celebrate without fear, and Evie glows with it. The shroud of tentative optimism has fully settled around her shoulders, dispelling the long-held chill the Family had thrust upon them. With so many loved ones gathering at once it's hard to stop beaming at everything and everyone around her. Micah bounds between passing legs, fluorescent spots gleaming in the sinking sunlight, and Evie laughs as he unceremoniously flops onto his side and begins rubbing his face into the sand. Snow would never be half as good as sand for the tide jaguar, and Evie can't blame him for indulging while he can. 

Turning her sunny, dimpled grin toward her husband when he gets her attention, the Evergreen leans in to better hear him over the din. "Absolutely, though we'll have to be fast to fight the crowd." Remi and Ronin will, of course, be quite the hot commodity - and they don't have Erebos as cuteness leverage to swindle their way to the front of the line this time. Though they're not left waiting as long as she might have expected, laughing yet again (she's fearful she'll never stop at this rate) as Remi brings her into a firm hug. "Happy anniversary," she wishes him warmly while her arms remain around him. "You both deserve it." After everything - everyone - they had gained, lost, and suffered. Winking at Ronin as she pulls away from his husband, noting they're already being torn in different directions, the Evergreen returns her hand to Deimos arm and begins to look around.

As if on cue, that's when Evie notices the miracle Remi has pulled off. She gives faint returns of hello to Noah and only manages to pull her eyes away from the sudden appearances of the long departed when Kiada comes to their side next. Her smile returns, though it's shaken with uncertain, powerful emotion. Sam is not among the crowd - but Amalia is, and Evie's heart lurches even as she looks into Kiada's grinning face, automatically reaching to hug the young woman in greeting. "Of course, you have plenty time to loiter with no snow around," she teases. "And I think Deimos and I will be trading off to talk with a few people shortly, so you can babysit us between if you're feeling charitable." Evie hasn't been much of a social butterfly since her pregnancy - gods, she's been a shut in for a while then - so she'll surely be rusty for a few hours more.

In your hands I am mine, you take me to myself
The tenses I knew now they bring me to you