no reason to do it alone

and I tried to remember how nice it had been

The door opening jolts Vai back into the here and now, and she turns abruptly to hear the melodic sound of Remi’s voice. The last time she’d heard him it was some furious rant about the headboard from behind a closed door, the Lullaby barely sounding like himself, and she’s already grinning as he sweeps towards her. ”No scolding at all,” she promises, hugging him back just as tightly and burying her face against his curls.

”I’m so glad you’re alright,” she whispers; the height difference and the fact that Remi is built like a brick you-know-what means nothing currently. She gives him a motherly squeeze, her eyes prickling. ”You are okay, right?” Sniffling a bit, Vai tries to gaze down at him to check him over.

a long long time ago

Vervain