Wren
I need the clouds to cover me
She didn't want silence to sretch between them, and was grateful when Liam asked his own follow up question for the conversation to move forward. Wren shook her head, the motion small but immediate, like the answer had been waiting just beneath the surface.
“No.” She said, firm in a wa that surprised her and made her grip tighten slightly over the warm drink. Her fingers stilled against the rim of her mug, then resumed their slow tracing, as if the movement might smooth out the edges of the memory pressing in. Her gaze dipped, catching on the faint swirl of cream in her espresso before it disappeared entirely. She wanted to say at least I don't think so but bit back the words and sank them down with a swig of her coffee.
Exhaling after her drink, she started, “I—” then hesitated, the word catching as that dull pressure stirred again at the base of her skull, enough to make her careful. “I didn’t really go anywhere. Before, uh, you know,” She brushed her hand to the side, a motion as if sweeping away her own words and memories, “I stayed in Stormbreak. Never really had, uh, a reason to leave.” Her mouth curved faintly, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. "Everything I needed was there.”
She told him the lie she told herself.
“No.” She said, firm in a wa that surprised her and made her grip tighten slightly over the warm drink. Her fingers stilled against the rim of her mug, then resumed their slow tracing, as if the movement might smooth out the edges of the memory pressing in. Her gaze dipped, catching on the faint swirl of cream in her espresso before it disappeared entirely. She wanted to say at least I don't think so but bit back the words and sank them down with a swig of her coffee.
Exhaling after her drink, she started, “I—” then hesitated, the word catching as that dull pressure stirred again at the base of her skull, enough to make her careful. “I didn’t really go anywhere. Before, uh, you know,” She brushed her hand to the side, a motion as if sweeping away her own words and memories, “I stayed in Stormbreak. Never really had, uh, a reason to leave.” Her mouth curved faintly, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. "Everything I needed was there.”
She told him the lie she told herself.
Pulling them down, surround me
