Amalia
the shield of safrin
She notices the way he steps back from her, her own cheeks flushing at the brazenness with which she approached. Anxiety is a palpable thing between them, each drowning in their own set of social mistakes. Amalia returns her arms to her chest, moving neither back nor forward. It feels like she's done something wrong, or worse- that the moments between them, the burgeoning friendship, were only that. Moments.
And so it's with some hopeful relief that she hears his puzzled response, her hurt giving way to something more vulnerable, the mirthless smile fading. "Oh," she says simply, not quite sure how else to reply, the wind knocked from her sails. Glancing away from him at last, she lets her eyes drift past towards the town, her next statement almost soft enough to be a whisper. "I think I would have preferred you to Dorian."
The ghost of a smile returns to her face, a blush above her lips. She flicks her eyes to Finn again and quickly away, back to town. "We can go somewhere to talk." Once again her expression fades, a brief sadness in the angular lines. "Not... not the Inn. But there are shops still open, or we can go to the beach..." She shrugs, leaving the decision to him.
And so it's with some hopeful relief that she hears his puzzled response, her hurt giving way to something more vulnerable, the mirthless smile fading. "Oh," she says simply, not quite sure how else to reply, the wind knocked from her sails. Glancing away from him at last, she lets her eyes drift past towards the town, her next statement almost soft enough to be a whisper. "I think I would have preferred you to Dorian."
The ghost of a smile returns to her face, a blush above her lips. She flicks her eyes to Finn again and quickly away, back to town. "We can go somewhere to talk." Once again her expression fades, a brief sadness in the angular lines. "Not... not the Inn. But there are shops still open, or we can go to the beach..." She shrugs, leaving the decision to him.
you drew memories in my mind
i could never erase
you painted colors in my heart
i could never replace
