MAEA
There were enough loners even in this establishment that she hadn't been bothered before. People who didn't have quite as prickly an aura, or as noli-me-tangere of a glare whenever someone came too close to her booth. So when a shadow was cast over her and someone sidled into her space, Maea was too startled to speak at first. The shock doubled when she realized that the voice that murmured her name was familiar. That she knew him, beyond a doubt.
"Harper!" Shifting around so she could look at him, wide eyes scanned the man up and down as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing. "No, that's... don't worry. Stay, if you want. I didn't think I would see you here, either." Last time they spoke he had been so set on making it work with Phoebe. Or had that been earlier? Flashes of conversation in Feverlands and Torchline blurred and melted into one another, details getting lost in the sheer overwhelm of suddenly having him this close, out of the blue. He came with the scent of liquor and someone else's perfume, radiating heat even across the polite space left between them.
"Are you - How have you been?" Self conscious about what to do with her hands, Maea wrapped them around the mug and raised it to her lips. Taking mini sips, peering over the edge at her almost-friend-mostly-acquaintance, surprised at the giddiness that bubbled up inside at this unexpected turn.
"Harper!" Shifting around so she could look at him, wide eyes scanned the man up and down as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing. "No, that's... don't worry. Stay, if you want. I didn't think I would see you here, either." Last time they spoke he had been so set on making it work with Phoebe. Or had that been earlier? Flashes of conversation in Feverlands and Torchline blurred and melted into one another, details getting lost in the sheer overwhelm of suddenly having him this close, out of the blue. He came with the scent of liquor and someone else's perfume, radiating heat even across the polite space left between them.
"Are you - How have you been?" Self conscious about what to do with her hands, Maea wrapped them around the mug and raised it to her lips. Taking mini sips, peering over the edge at her almost-friend-mostly-acquaintance, surprised at the giddiness that bubbled up inside at this unexpected turn.
I'm bleeding out for you
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
