Isla
Having resisted the urge to groan and crumple dramatically to the tiles, for no other reason than she knows the man who is already likely coming to check on her, and that kind of reaction is guaranteed to give way to more unnecessary panic than there's already likely to be, when Ever peers around the doorway he'll find Isla just as she had been a few seconds before. Breathing steadily, knuckles a little white against the sink, her blue eyes flicking from the test to the mirror to find the aviator's gaze in the reflection.
And she smiles despite herself, because despite all else, there's no way not to feel the flush of love to look at Ever, concerned and restrained and quietly, always there despite all else. Except, perhaps, for right now - but they'll soon find that out together. "Hey," she says. "Hey, yeah. I... I will be, I think. But I have to tell you something, and I think you need to be sitting down when I do."
Finally stepping back from the sink, Isla gestures towards their bedroom, already stepping through the doorway so her feet can take her in there on autopilot. "The bed is fine," she says, just in case Ever frets over the lack of real seating in the space, and she sinks onto the mattress and pats the space beside her for him to sit.
And she smiles despite herself, because despite all else, there's no way not to feel the flush of love to look at Ever, concerned and restrained and quietly, always there despite all else. Except, perhaps, for right now - but they'll soon find that out together. "Hey," she says. "Hey, yeah. I... I will be, I think. But I have to tell you something, and I think you need to be sitting down when I do."
Finally stepping back from the sink, Isla gestures towards their bedroom, already stepping through the doorway so her feet can take her in there on autopilot. "The bed is fine," she says, just in case Ever frets over the lack of real seating in the space, and she sinks onto the mattress and pats the space beside her for him to sit.
sooner or later, we all have to wake
and try forgetting everything
and try forgetting everything
