please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere
'That's what out-out means. A date.' Tobi says helpfully, her heart suddenly in her throat as if to make room for more butterflies. Surprised at Finn's suggestions though given Skyships as the mode of transportation she really shouldn't be, Tobi hums a low note to indicate she's thinking. The Greatwood held Remi Taliesin, and while she hadn't heard Finn worry about him lately, wasn't keen on seeing. Reasons for avoiding Torchline were incredibly obvious. But other places, beyond the reach of Skyships? Finn had been forced to rescue Tobi from the desert once, and though there were fabled Hotsprings in the Climb, Cian had bloodied Finn's thoughts with whatever he had made to witness there. The Oerwoud was where the Spyglass was about to set off to, which really left only King's End, the Feverlands, or Halo as places untarnished by Finn's past. None of which held any real interest for the doctor.
"Mmmm...The Greatwood." She decides. It was large enough that they could surely avoid one demigod. "I'd quite like to see some of the waterfalls." Though she hasn't realized it, Tobi's finger has begun to trace patterns that look dangerously like hearts on Finn's skin as she sinks bonelessly into his embrace. A poet in another world—the one that held the mountain their son was named after—once said, "If you want love, just pick someone and love them". So it was that in that moment, with the steady beat of Finn's heart threatening to lull her to sleep, that October Hart made the choice to love Finn, instead of waiting to fall in love with him. And maybe, just maybe, that was better.
"Mmmm...The Greatwood." She decides. It was large enough that they could surely avoid one demigod. "I'd quite like to see some of the waterfalls." Though she hasn't realized it, Tobi's finger has begun to trace patterns that look dangerously like hearts on Finn's skin as she sinks bonelessly into his embrace. A poet in another world—the one that held the mountain their son was named after—once said, "If you want love, just pick someone and love them". So it was that in that moment, with the steady beat of Finn's heart threatening to lull her to sleep, that October Hart made the choice to love Finn, instead of waiting to fall in love with him. And maybe, just maybe, that was better.
October
