eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
Aurelia lets her palm warm over Sunjata's calloused skin. Something about the way he flinches at first makes her own hand still, but she won't drop it away. He'll find her eyes already staring into his with a bit of earnest intensity, not that she means for them to be overwhelming.
Feeling a little self-conscious, she lets her gaze flicker between the paper, their hands, and his gaze as he begins to explain things. "Things do happen fast..." she murmurs in reflection, nodding slowly, "...sometimes I feel like a bystander to my own life, let alone yours." Her brows raise with the raw honesty. Though it normally isn't an active thought at the front of her mind, it is there. Now that she's said it aloud, it feels more real... "It's okay," she repeats in a quiet hush, glancing back up towards him again.
She takes notice of his gaze lowering towards their hands and she almost pulls back, but instead more of the truth keeps her there with him. Now her fingers curl into more of a grip around his. He'll find her brows furrowed and lips pursed, at the mention of Hotaru and Nate leaving him - in some form or another. This frown deepens at the mention of a five year old child by Safrin.
"Wait, wait, slow down," Aurelia's head starts to shake, "You have a... five-year-old... with Safrin? Gods, Sunjata.." It's not quite disbelief but she is certainly... shocked, to say the least. Her other hand comes up to rub over her face, trying to swallow her own feelings because she doesn't want them to weigh down on him. There's already so much on his shoulders. "How did that happen?"
Feeling a little self-conscious, she lets her gaze flicker between the paper, their hands, and his gaze as he begins to explain things. "Things do happen fast..." she murmurs in reflection, nodding slowly, "...sometimes I feel like a bystander to my own life, let alone yours." Her brows raise with the raw honesty. Though it normally isn't an active thought at the front of her mind, it is there. Now that she's said it aloud, it feels more real... "It's okay," she repeats in a quiet hush, glancing back up towards him again.
She takes notice of his gaze lowering towards their hands and she almost pulls back, but instead more of the truth keeps her there with him. Now her fingers curl into more of a grip around his. He'll find her brows furrowed and lips pursed, at the mention of Hotaru and Nate leaving him - in some form or another. This frown deepens at the mention of a five year old child by Safrin.
"Wait, wait, slow down," Aurelia's head starts to shake, "You have a... five-year-old... with Safrin? Gods, Sunjata.." It's not quite disbelief but she is certainly... shocked, to say the least. Her other hand comes up to rub over her face, trying to swallow her own feelings because she doesn't want them to weigh down on him. There's already so much on his shoulders. "How did that happen?"
Aurelia
