Darling please, just give us some time, and I swear we'll be alright
Guileless eyes stare into her own all the while, and Hotaru wishes he wasn't so easy to read. It pulls at her heart, to see the doubt and the relief intermingled like the convergence of two old rivers. Even his released breath holds the weight of consolation. Truly it's just further proof of her conviction that he is incapable of ever turning out like his sire. To care at all about whether he could or not, to be plagued by terror at the idea of it, is the only thing she need ever to have seen to be convinced of his inherent goodness.
Hotaru's hand drifts from his cheek down to his neck, smoothing her fingertips over the feathers that sprout here to try and ease the emotion that has surely inspired their existence. His words make her heart skip a beat, not that she dares to show it just yet. "Having four of us would certainly make it all the easier," she points out, tone warm and bubbling beneath with a sort of charmed amusement at the notion of having the chance to communally raise children once more. Not something she'd anticipated given the solitary nature of the humans in Caido.
"I'm glad. You know I'm never wrong." Playfulness curls in the edges of her smile, hoping to ease his anxieties surrounding the conversation as her hand continues to stroke gently over the soft feathers bristling down his skin. "Even when we first met, I had faith in you. If you ever changed your mind, I knew you would be a wonderful father. Sometimes, having the worst as an example only makes us strive to be better." For all she loved her parents, neither had been particularly loving, much less involved. It had been the crux behind her own dedication to being a mother worthy of her children's love. "The Voice was able to give Rexanna and Bastien their child. I'm sure if we asked her, she could do the same for you and Nate. Perhaps even easier if she could let me carry it." And if that is the extent of their foray into parenthood, Hotaru will accept it. As has been her motto in life when it comes to love, anything is better than nothing.
Hotaru's hand drifts from his cheek down to his neck, smoothing her fingertips over the feathers that sprout here to try and ease the emotion that has surely inspired their existence. His words make her heart skip a beat, not that she dares to show it just yet. "Having four of us would certainly make it all the easier," she points out, tone warm and bubbling beneath with a sort of charmed amusement at the notion of having the chance to communally raise children once more. Not something she'd anticipated given the solitary nature of the humans in Caido.
"I'm glad. You know I'm never wrong." Playfulness curls in the edges of her smile, hoping to ease his anxieties surrounding the conversation as her hand continues to stroke gently over the soft feathers bristling down his skin. "Even when we first met, I had faith in you. If you ever changed your mind, I knew you would be a wonderful father. Sometimes, having the worst as an example only makes us strive to be better." For all she loved her parents, neither had been particularly loving, much less involved. It had been the crux behind her own dedication to being a mother worthy of her children's love. "The Voice was able to give Rexanna and Bastien their child. I'm sure if we asked her, she could do the same for you and Nate. Perhaps even easier if she could let me carry it." And if that is the extent of their foray into parenthood, Hotaru will accept it. As has been her motto in life when it comes to love, anything is better than nothing.
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