Liam
I just want one more chance
He tried not to stare too openly, not to place each feature on her face as his or her mother's, building a blueprint in his mind's eye of where she'd come from and to what family she'd belonged. Instead, he glanced out the window, looked around the cafe, settled his dragons on the windowsill. She was quiet for longer than he'd anticipated, and he'd just started to grow anxious when she offered a soft, crackling hi. It may as well have been a dagger plunged into his heart for the effect it had on him, and he risked a glance in her direction to find her hazel eyes fixed on her drink.
Small talk was the last thing he'd anticipated, even having tried to prepare himself for an encounter in which he knew he'd have to engage in it. "Oh, uh - yeah, I did," he said. He looked around the cafe again. "It's nice," he offered, forcing another smile. "Do you have any drink recommendations?" Or maybe she didn't come here often enough for that. It wasn't like she knew him well enough to know what he'd like. Maybe she would have, once upon a time, but now...
Small talk was the last thing he'd anticipated, even having tried to prepare himself for an encounter in which he knew he'd have to engage in it. "Oh, uh - yeah, I did," he said. He looked around the cafe again. "It's nice," he offered, forcing another smile. "Do you have any drink recommendations?" Or maybe she didn't come here often enough for that. It wasn't like she knew him well enough to know what he'd like. Maybe she would have, once upon a time, but now...
To put my arms in fragile hands
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Liam.
Feel free to use force/magic on Liam.
