Flora
Flora’s mouth curves into a knowing grin, the expression brightening as Soh talks, something in the way she's speaking about Zavien finally settling into a shape Flora can recognise; less about the glow of being wanted, and more about the quiet relief of being understood. She huffs out a soft laugh, nudging Soh lightly with her shoulder. "Good sex can absolutely do that to a person," she says, the words easy and teasing, before her grin sharpens just a touch. "Which is why I'm here to pull your head out of the clouds a little bit." The nudge that follows is gentler, more affectionate than corrective, her tone never quite losing that thread of warmth beneath the humour.
As Soh mentions Jude and Koa, Flora’s expression shifts, softening into something more dismissive of the past than critical of Soh herself. She gives a small shrug, flicking a glance toward her friend. "Don’t be too hard on yourself," she says. "You were way younger, and they were both idiots." A truly lethal combination. Her lips quirk faintly before she adds, more thoughtfully, "And Zavien’s older than us, right? So I wouldn’t expect him to act like Koa or Jude did when they were basically teenagers." Flora wasn't entirely sure that was true given his grudge against Kaisel, but hey, she could try for optimism.
She bends to snag another shell, this one a soft pearlescent green, turning it briefly in her fingers before dropping it into the basket. When she straightens, her gaze slides back to Soh, her smile returning. "Next time you start feeling like you have to make everything perfect just remember that moment. That you could actually talk to him, and he didn’t freak out or pull away. That it made you feel better, not worse."
Her grin returns then, bright and beaming. "I think there’s something there too," she says with a small nod.
As Soh mentions Jude and Koa, Flora’s expression shifts, softening into something more dismissive of the past than critical of Soh herself. She gives a small shrug, flicking a glance toward her friend. "Don’t be too hard on yourself," she says. "You were way younger, and they were both idiots." A truly lethal combination. Her lips quirk faintly before she adds, more thoughtfully, "And Zavien’s older than us, right? So I wouldn’t expect him to act like Koa or Jude did when they were basically teenagers." Flora wasn't entirely sure that was true given his grudge against Kaisel, but hey, she could try for optimism.
She bends to snag another shell, this one a soft pearlescent green, turning it briefly in her fingers before dropping it into the basket. When she straightens, her gaze slides back to Soh, her smile returning. "Next time you start feeling like you have to make everything perfect just remember that moment. That you could actually talk to him, and he didn’t freak out or pull away. That it made you feel better, not worse."
Her grin returns then, bright and beaming. "I think there’s something there too," she says with a small nod.
There's somethin' warm about the winter when you come around
there's nothin' boujee 'bout you cozy as a hand me down
there's nothin' boujee 'bout you cozy as a hand me down
Code stolen from Queen Sky
