Zavien
His laughter was warm and playful, no trace of the quiet disappointment as he shrugged his shoulders. "Suit yourself." He winked, taking himself and his stink into the shower where he could wash away some of the heat Soh was stoking in his veins with those eyes. The doors might have been cracked, but he had the sinking suspicion she didn't plan to join him, and Zavien didn't hesitate before hopping in and swiping soapy water through his hair and across his skin, moving faster than usually might have been considered safe in a slick environment.
Managing to make it out safely, Zavien was dressed and toweling off his hair when the sound of screams started in the distance. His hand froze with the towel draped over his head as he grimaced, hating how the sound brought up memories he'd prefer to forget. It never lasted long, but it didn't change how the screaming rain made the season feel more haunted than it usually did, appearing sporadically throughout like ghosts popping up from the past just to ruin a good thing.
Once the spell of trauma and anxiety broke, Zavien forced his spine to loosen before he stepped in to check on Soh and the progress for her date. What he found stopped him dead in his tracks, worry furrowing into his brow as he saw her standing alone with panic splashed across her face, stiff with fear.
He was there in an instant, not even remembering crossing the room before he was in front of her, looking intensely into her eyes. His hands braced gently on her arms, fighting the urge to crush her against him in case she needed space. In a soft, soothing voice, he broke the echoing silence of the rain. "Hey. You okay?"
Managing to make it out safely, Zavien was dressed and toweling off his hair when the sound of screams started in the distance. His hand froze with the towel draped over his head as he grimaced, hating how the sound brought up memories he'd prefer to forget. It never lasted long, but it didn't change how the screaming rain made the season feel more haunted than it usually did, appearing sporadically throughout like ghosts popping up from the past just to ruin a good thing.
Once the spell of trauma and anxiety broke, Zavien forced his spine to loosen before he stepped in to check on Soh and the progress for her date. What he found stopped him dead in his tracks, worry furrowing into his brow as he saw her standing alone with panic splashed across her face, stiff with fear.
He was there in an instant, not even remembering crossing the room before he was in front of her, looking intensely into her eyes. His hands braced gently on her arms, fighting the urge to crush her against him in case she needed space. In a soft, soothing voice, he broke the echoing silence of the rain. "Hey. You okay?"
If you don't like the road you're walking,
start paving another.
start paving another.
