yeah I got heartbreak that I reminisce about
Flora nods dully, the motion small and heavy as if her head is weighted with everything she does not know how to put down yet, and when she manages to answer it comes out thin and quiet, a soft agreement rather than conviction. "Yeah," she says, after a breath she has to work to steady, "maybe."
She lifts her gaze only when his hand settles on her shoulder, lashes fluttering as she swallows hard and tries to anchor herself in the present instead of the spiralling mess of what-ifs crowding her thoughts. Her fingers twitch with the reflex to reach for her parchment before she remembers leaving it behind on the kitchen table, given that her tight lace dress left little room for pockets.
Flora draws in a slow breath, nodding again as if to convince herself as much as Sunjata. "I’ll...I’ll see if I can find anything out, then," she murmurs, the words careful and composed on the surface even as her chest tightens. The idea of holding it together one second longer suddenly feels impossible, and before the tears can crest again she dips her head and lowers her voice, eyes flicking briefly toward the stairs. "Can you excuse me for just a sec?"
She does not wait for an answer, trusting him with that small request and slips away down into the kitchen, grabbing the parchment and a pen with hands that still will not quite stop shaking. She writes quickly, the note short and imperfect but honest enough, asking Kaisel to come and find her. Only then does she retreat into the small bathroom, closing the door behind her and leaning back against it as if the thin barrier might hold the world at bay for a moment. She presses her palms to her eyes, breathing through the tightness in her chest as she waits for Kai, knowing she will be okay once he is there.
~FIN
She lifts her gaze only when his hand settles on her shoulder, lashes fluttering as she swallows hard and tries to anchor herself in the present instead of the spiralling mess of what-ifs crowding her thoughts. Her fingers twitch with the reflex to reach for her parchment before she remembers leaving it behind on the kitchen table, given that her tight lace dress left little room for pockets.
Flora draws in a slow breath, nodding again as if to convince herself as much as Sunjata. "I’ll...I’ll see if I can find anything out, then," she murmurs, the words careful and composed on the surface even as her chest tightens. The idea of holding it together one second longer suddenly feels impossible, and before the tears can crest again she dips her head and lowers her voice, eyes flicking briefly toward the stairs. "Can you excuse me for just a sec?"
She does not wait for an answer, trusting him with that small request and slips away down into the kitchen, grabbing the parchment and a pen with hands that still will not quite stop shaking. She writes quickly, the note short and imperfect but honest enough, asking Kaisel to come and find her. Only then does she retreat into the small bathroom, closing the door behind her and leaning back against it as if the thin barrier might hold the world at bay for a moment. She presses her palms to her eyes, breathing through the tightness in her chest as she waits for Kai, knowing she will be okay once he is there.
~FIN
real big things I still gotta figure out
