Amalia
the shield of safrin
Has it not been very long? The Shield frowns, trying to remember, to count back through the blurry clock that is time in a dream. "It feels like a long time," Amalia whispers, frowning. "Like a lifetime, or more. I was a different person then." Weaker, smaller, darker. Afraid. She'd thought that she would live in shadows, diminish into nothing and fade away.
Instead she'd flowered, bloomed, and she knows she has the Sword to thank.
She laces her fingers through the hand on hers, blushing at the memory of their first encounter. "I didn't even know you, and you'd just told me you were a thief!" Amalia protests with a laugh, her expression growing serious again as his tone shifts. Her hand goes with his, holding the one that holds her cheek, her dark eyes falling closed. "I know," she murmurs. "I'm glad I chose what I did, but... it's nice to imagine, sometimes. What it might have been."
And then she's standing, arms around his shoulders, leaning against the long, lean body, her face pressed to his chest. "Are you happy, Adam?" she murmurs, looking up with a sad smile. "I wish we'd had more time. I'm more me when I'm with you."
Instead she'd flowered, bloomed, and she knows she has the Sword to thank.
She laces her fingers through the hand on hers, blushing at the memory of their first encounter. "I didn't even know you, and you'd just told me you were a thief!" Amalia protests with a laugh, her expression growing serious again as his tone shifts. Her hand goes with his, holding the one that holds her cheek, her dark eyes falling closed. "I know," she murmurs. "I'm glad I chose what I did, but... it's nice to imagine, sometimes. What it might have been."
And then she's standing, arms around his shoulders, leaning against the long, lean body, her face pressed to his chest. "Are you happy, Adam?" she murmurs, looking up with a sad smile. "I wish we'd had more time. I'm more me when I'm with you."
you drew memories in my mind
i could never erase
you painted colors in my heart
i could never replace
