And I hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay
"My father is training me himself, I have no doubt he'd be proud to know I could handle myself in any type of fight. And you clearly don't know my mother very well," Seren laughed, with a grin that was wide and quite fierce. "She told me to go out there and test myself. To see what I'm made of." And stars, if she wasn't looking forward to it.
Big and soft, warm and kind. Whatever else there was to Locke, that would always be his core, in her eyes. Whether as a fierce jaguar or the man grinning at her like he'd just pulled the prank of a century.
"You did that for me? Locke, that's... I don't even know what to say." Overwhelmed, Seren searched his face for truth, like he was simply exaggerating. But all she could see was sincerity, and a heavy feeling settled into her chest. Awe, and respect... and responsibility. Mave was a given, and one thing. But to include her in the list of people to keep safe... that dragged this man into a completely different world.
"Are you... do you know what you are doing?" Her smile was warm, but there was an undercurrent of worry in her tone. "You know what I am. Who my mother is. Protecting me might mean placing Maeve in more danger."
Big and soft, warm and kind. Whatever else there was to Locke, that would always be his core, in her eyes. Whether as a fierce jaguar or the man grinning at her like he'd just pulled the prank of a century.
"You did that for me? Locke, that's... I don't even know what to say." Overwhelmed, Seren searched his face for truth, like he was simply exaggerating. But all she could see was sincerity, and a heavy feeling settled into her chest. Awe, and respect... and responsibility. Mave was a given, and one thing. But to include her in the list of people to keep safe... that dragged this man into a completely different world.
"Are you... do you know what you are doing?" Her smile was warm, but there was an undercurrent of worry in her tone. "You know what I am. Who my mother is. Protecting me might mean placing Maeve in more danger."
Seren
