marcus
I want it all give me everything that you got
Marcus slowed as he stepped fully into the clearing, the last of the trees giving way to open air and the strange, suspended sweep of the Crimson Cataract. For a moment he just stood there, hands on his sidees, panting. The river hung in defiance above the ground, a slow, impossible loop of water drifting in the air. It moved with an unhurried certainty, endlessly circling back into itself, glowing a deep crimson that caught the fading sunlight and turned it into something almost molten.
Nova’s voice cut through the quiet, bright and breathless in contrast to the stillness around them. He turned toward her, catching the flush in her cheeks, the faint shimmer still clinging to the edges of her magic as it faded under exhaustion. The grin she wore didn’t quite hide how tired she was, even if she clearly had no intention of admitting it. “You ‘let’ me find you,” Marcus laughed, a smirk tugging at his mouth as his cerulean gaze scanned her up and down before settling on her brilliant eyes. “Right. That’s what happened.”
He stepped closer to the edge of the clearing, eyes tracking the crimson water as it looped endlessly overhead. There was something unsettlingly peaceful about it, like the whole place had decided to ignore how wrong it was. “We ended up somewhere good to stop, at least,” he added more softly, rolling his shoulders as he finally came fully to a halt beside her. “You look like you’re about to collapse.” He winked.
Nova’s voice cut through the quiet, bright and breathless in contrast to the stillness around them. He turned toward her, catching the flush in her cheeks, the faint shimmer still clinging to the edges of her magic as it faded under exhaustion. The grin she wore didn’t quite hide how tired she was, even if she clearly had no intention of admitting it. “You ‘let’ me find you,” Marcus laughed, a smirk tugging at his mouth as his cerulean gaze scanned her up and down before settling on her brilliant eyes. “Right. That’s what happened.”
He stepped closer to the edge of the clearing, eyes tracking the crimson water as it looped endlessly overhead. There was something unsettlingly peaceful about it, like the whole place had decided to ignore how wrong it was. “We ended up somewhere good to stop, at least,” he added more softly, rolling his shoulders as he finally came fully to a halt beside her. “You look like you’re about to collapse.” He winked.
The full transplant bleeding with a new heart
