Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eye, shining just the way I like
Seren watched, gaze soft and warm where it rested upon the young Madame. It was a girl's wish, a tender hearted wish - and even a real magic mirror might have some struggle with fulfilling it.
Surreptitiously, Seren summoned a little star monkey. It coalesced into being near a table, and filched several cupcakes. Taking a roundabout route, Seren tried to distract her friend by pointing out a person in a funny hat - et voila, when Maeve turned back she would find not one, but three cupcakes sitting on the bench beside her. The icing was a little messed up, but they looked fine to eat all the same.
"I think," Seren smiled, "that means you are going to be live very happily. While you eat the cupcakes. What comes after that is likely up to you." Reaching out, she poked a finger into Maeve's cheek - and quickly stole one of the baked goods for herself. Because sharing was caring, right?
It was while Seren busily devoured the pastry that Maeve changed the subject. "I wouldn't know," the girl answered with a light shrug. "I have three. And we've never lived together, all at once like most families do..." Glancing over at her friend, Seren's light smile faded at the sight of Maeve's dreamy look. She cleared her throat and turned more serious.
"But... well. It is warm. And comfortable, I suppose." Leaning back, the starchild had to think. "I face every day with the knowledge that I have someone on my side, at my back. Watching over me, ready to support me whatever may come. Mother, father... Remi... They love me, and I love them, and there is nothing I can't say to them, or do, that will change that."
There could come storms that would rock the boat, and terrible times were ahead that might test every bond ever tied to another soul. But at her core, as the foundation for everything Seren was and would ever become, lay love. Warm hands to hold hers, as she struggled to find her feet. Warm hugs and kisses when the world seemed a large and frightening place. Cautioning words, and reassuring words, and words that spoke to her of kindness and acceptance.
"I don't think I can describe it," she murmured softly.
Surreptitiously, Seren summoned a little star monkey. It coalesced into being near a table, and filched several cupcakes. Taking a roundabout route, Seren tried to distract her friend by pointing out a person in a funny hat - et voila, when Maeve turned back she would find not one, but three cupcakes sitting on the bench beside her. The icing was a little messed up, but they looked fine to eat all the same.
"I think," Seren smiled, "that means you are going to be live very happily. While you eat the cupcakes. What comes after that is likely up to you." Reaching out, she poked a finger into Maeve's cheek - and quickly stole one of the baked goods for herself. Because sharing was caring, right?
It was while Seren busily devoured the pastry that Maeve changed the subject. "I wouldn't know," the girl answered with a light shrug. "I have three. And we've never lived together, all at once like most families do..." Glancing over at her friend, Seren's light smile faded at the sight of Maeve's dreamy look. She cleared her throat and turned more serious.
"But... well. It is warm. And comfortable, I suppose." Leaning back, the starchild had to think. "I face every day with the knowledge that I have someone on my side, at my back. Watching over me, ready to support me whatever may come. Mother, father... Remi... They love me, and I love them, and there is nothing I can't say to them, or do, that will change that."
There could come storms that would rock the boat, and terrible times were ahead that might test every bond ever tied to another soul. But at her core, as the foundation for everything Seren was and would ever become, lay love. Warm hands to hold hers, as she struggled to find her feet. Warm hugs and kisses when the world seemed a large and frightening place. Cautioning words, and reassuring words, and words that spoke to her of kindness and acceptance.
"I don't think I can describe it," she murmured softly.
Seren
