Harper
It seems fitting that they talk of Jude’s future given what lingers on Harper’s mind these days, but he bites it all back in favor of focusing on the day’s plans. Jude is an undeniably happy, unfussy baby. After the colic of the last season, he had smoothed out into a young child that hardly ever cried or fussed. It made for easy travel, the boy gazing around with his big eyes from Maeve’s chest.
“I sure tried,” Harper chuckles as Maeve takes his hand and steps out of the wagon, continuing their hold as they wander down the beach. Pausing to remove his own shoes as well, he hooks them to the backpack so he can brace Maeve with one hand in hers and the other around her back. I’m that position, he leans down towards her ear from behind. “Never,” he promises softly, a world of meaning behind the word.
The water is cold as they walk in, but it’s a temporary thing as their bodies adjust. The mouth of the cavern is jagged, but had been cleared of most of the debris on his orders. The water begins to warm as it shallows out into the cave, the silt soft and untouched beneath their feet as they move inside. Above, mineral deposits glitter like stars from the ambient sunlight outside as the shade of the cave overtakes them. The sides gradually move higher into the cavern walls, making a gradient depth pool with rock to sit on at the sides. Harper places the bags on the dry rock as soon as Maeve is stable in the shallows, and then moves to take both of her hands this time - Jude cradled between his chest and hers as he gazes down into her eyes. “Stars in the daytime, seemed fitting for us,” he murmurs, heart shining through his eyes as his scarred hands squeeze hers gently.
“I sure tried,” Harper chuckles as Maeve takes his hand and steps out of the wagon, continuing their hold as they wander down the beach. Pausing to remove his own shoes as well, he hooks them to the backpack so he can brace Maeve with one hand in hers and the other around her back. I’m that position, he leans down towards her ear from behind. “Never,” he promises softly, a world of meaning behind the word.
The water is cold as they walk in, but it’s a temporary thing as their bodies adjust. The mouth of the cavern is jagged, but had been cleared of most of the debris on his orders. The water begins to warm as it shallows out into the cave, the silt soft and untouched beneath their feet as they move inside. Above, mineral deposits glitter like stars from the ambient sunlight outside as the shade of the cave overtakes them. The sides gradually move higher into the cavern walls, making a gradient depth pool with rock to sit on at the sides. Harper places the bags on the dry rock as soon as Maeve is stable in the shallows, and then moves to take both of her hands this time - Jude cradled between his chest and hers as he gazes down into her eyes. “Stars in the daytime, seemed fitting for us,” he murmurs, heart shining through his eyes as his scarred hands squeeze hers gently.
When you're lost I'll show you the way back home
I'll stay until the morning comes, and show you how to live again
I'll stay until the morning comes, and show you how to live again
