[se] the poems we write

Evie

Come rest your bones next to me
And toss all your thoughts out to the sea

Her preening at his approval, for that's surely what she hears beneath the singular word, does not last long once the plushies make their way into his hands. She had expected some sort of reaction, but her heart melts at the brightness of his eyes and the diamond-bright moisture that thickens his lashes. Her hands come up to brush just beneath his eyes even though they remain dry, and as he pulls her close her arms get caught between them and she can only laugh softly and tilt her head inward, fingers clinging loosely to his shirt.

"Never," she agrees, and closes her eyes as she curls deeper into his embrace, the swell of her belly well-protected between them. "You are going to be so very loved by everyone around you," she whispers toward the little life inside her, one hand coming to cup the curve of her stomach. "We will all work so hard to keep you safe and happy." A village of love and protection, human and beast, to ensure their precious gift of a child would flourish as they deserved.

- Fin <333

I'll pull up each of our anchors
So we can get lost, you and me