I've got some color back

I saw a piece of heaven

Oh, here we go again. The moment Maeve flicked on the charm, Seren tensed up. The light touch trailing along her arm sent goosebumps skittering up her skin, but although there was an inclination to recoil, she made herself stay put. Dared herself to stay, as if it was a trial. The picture the Madam's words painted in her mind turned the flush from pink to scarlet, and yet... rather than excitement, Seren only felt uncomfortable. The vivid images were of hands without warmth, faces without expression, poking and prodding for... what? Something that only filled the demi-god with unease.

She was relieved when Maeve stopped circling, and even more so when those teasing hands disappeared behind a slender back. It was mortifying, that she couldn't play along the way her friend so clearly enjoyed doing. As she studied her toes, Seren wondered why that was. Was there something wrong..? But Maeve just said there was no such thing as wrong. "Sorry," she heard herself say, in a faint and unusually timid voice. "It's... I still don't really see the fun, after all."

Making herself look up, Seren looked straight at the other woman. She was beautiful. The green eyes, the dark hair, her confident movements... Something was definitely stirring inside. And it made her afraid. Enough to draw lines of tension around her eyes, and set the teeth to worrying her lip.

Waiting, impatient, for me
 

Seren