make peace with your broken pieces
She watches his face with the intensity of the owl, her own eager anticipation rising and rising as he reads. And when he stands and offers his hand she responds with bright enthusiasm, throwing her arms around his shoulders and rising on tiptoes to press an brief and eager kiss upon his mouth.
It's a flickering instant and she withdraws immediately, a flush of awkward happiness spreading over her cheeks. "Sorry, I- yeah. We should go. We have, um, a lot to do." Telling Remi, preparing to travel, making arrangements, feeding the grumpy owl. Plenty of time to think later about the fact that she's kissed him again, or what their odd dynamic means, or houseboats on the sea.
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It's a flickering instant and she withdraws immediately, a flush of awkward happiness spreading over her cheeks. "Sorry, I- yeah. We should go. We have, um, a lot to do." Telling Remi, preparing to travel, making arrangements, feeding the grumpy owl. Plenty of time to think later about the fact that she's kissed him again, or what their odd dynamic means, or houseboats on the sea.
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shield of safrin
