a visit from starboy

ASHE Courage comes when you leap in the dark before you see You're a giant on the inside Banners fly, let them know    Where Ashe might have been getting better about sleep before, there had been something considerably harder about it in the last few weeks. It wasn't that she wasn't tired, it wasn't that she had anything urgent that needed doing... it was that every time her eyes shut, the walls pressed in, her hands felt sticky, she couldn't move, couldn't breathe --    Tonight every window had been opened, every candle lit, and Ashe... she was laid back in her favorite chair before an unlit fire with the breeze sweeping through, and Ashe was comfortable with the weight of the three-year-old atop her. She breathed easily as her hand moved through dark curls, the other resting over her back. Maybe sleep was full of fear for the wolf, but wakeful hours.. they weren't so bad anymore. She could sleep better when Kalt was home from his ride anyways.    A knock sounded, and fire blue eyes snapped to the door and her hand stilled. Brows drawing together, Ashe carefully maneuvered Theea so she could remain curled in the plush armchair while the assassin rose to her feet. She stirred barely, but remained wholly asleep as she approached the door, pulling it open to look up at her visitor.    Her breath caught painfully, but a grin lit up her face immediately. "Heya starboy," she greeted warmly, and she didn't wait for him to come inside to wrap her arms around him tightly, head pressed to his chest and shutting her eyes and just feeling the life in him, the heart beating in his chest. She smiled before she pulled back to look up at him, reluctant to draw her eyes away even as she stepped away to gesture him inside. It had taken a great force of will to leave him behind at the guildhall - some part of her was afraid that if she looked away too long, he would be taken away again.    Ashe would gesture for him to follow her into the next room, letting Theea remain curled up in the armchair where they wouldn't disturb her. "Everything is okay? You're feeling okay?" she asked quickly. She did nothing to hush her voice, knowing Theea could sleep through a bomb going off considering who her parents father was. "I'll get you a drink." He's here, he's alive, he's okay, she reminded herself. who you are, bare your soul There's a fire that you can't hide actions scream louder than words they can't tell you what you're worth