Harper
love many things
for therein lies true strength
for therein lies true strength
He isn't privy to her smile, but he catches the edge of it as he turns his head and watches it slip away. Though he regrets having caused such a reaction, sometimes it takes a friend pointing out your flaws to try and keep them from hurting you again. He would never want to stifle her open heart, but he'd like to see it wounded less.
"If he does," he repeats back with a short, decisive nod, and leaves it there. Much as he'd like to give Locke the benefit of the doubt, his loyalty was to Maeve; as a friend, as his Queen. If Maeve could not protect herself, weakened in the face of love, Harper would protect her instead.
Maeve certainly new Aurelia better, so he hums softly and lets her speak, rocking Edmund gently in his lap. "We can still work on whatever plans you had even without her. You'll just have to share them with Ray and I instead." Together, the two of them could surely equal Aurelia in the burdens they could take on. Though he's stunned by her next words, turning to gaze up at her, eyes wide and lips slightly parted. A blossom of hope builds in his chest, right there along other plans he'd held close to his heart where no others could see. "You're kidding. Gods, Maeve, that's incredible! I have to tell Phoebe!" She would be ecstatic to hear of such protections for the youth of Caido. Maybe it would encourage others to still create families even with the clouds of war pressuring them from above. News of Jack goes a little over his head - he'd never liked the smuggling aspect of Torchline much as a former vigilante, and now as a councilman. He knows the man very little, and would prefer to keep it that way for now.
"If he does," he repeats back with a short, decisive nod, and leaves it there. Much as he'd like to give Locke the benefit of the doubt, his loyalty was to Maeve; as a friend, as his Queen. If Maeve could not protect herself, weakened in the face of love, Harper would protect her instead.
Maeve certainly new Aurelia better, so he hums softly and lets her speak, rocking Edmund gently in his lap. "We can still work on whatever plans you had even without her. You'll just have to share them with Ray and I instead." Together, the two of them could surely equal Aurelia in the burdens they could take on. Though he's stunned by her next words, turning to gaze up at her, eyes wide and lips slightly parted. A blossom of hope builds in his chest, right there along other plans he'd held close to his heart where no others could see. "You're kidding. Gods, Maeve, that's incredible! I have to tell Phoebe!" She would be ecstatic to hear of such protections for the youth of Caido. Maybe it would encourage others to still create families even with the clouds of war pressuring them from above. News of Jack goes a little over his head - he'd never liked the smuggling aspect of Torchline much as a former vigilante, and now as a councilman. He knows the man very little, and would prefer to keep it that way for now.
and what is done in love
is always done well
is always done well
