Okay, it was weird hearing Sah say his name instead of one of the stupid nicknames he'd gotten used to, and Tal scowled worriedly behind his scarf. "Had to get away from my sisters for a bit," he mumbled as he passed the threshold. Part of the truth, if not all of it.
Boreal sniffed at Lily's nose in greeting and gave a wag of her serpentine tail, but instead of following her bonded inside she flopped down across the lintel outside it, to guard the house against the dark.
The courier, once the door was closed, shook the snow off himself in the entryway and peered at Sah as he took his hat off and began unwinding his scarf. "You uh. I mean, lately it's like..." Tal's nose wrinkled as he awkwardly looked down at his boots. "Um. So. I brought vodka. If you wanted to talk," he finished in a gruff rush, fiddling with the catches on his parka but not quite undoing them yet as he snuck a glance at the other man, trying to gauge whether or not he was about to get kicked back out into the cold.
Boreal sniffed at Lily's nose in greeting and gave a wag of her serpentine tail, but instead of following her bonded inside she flopped down across the lintel outside it, to guard the house against the dark.
The courier, once the door was closed, shook the snow off himself in the entryway and peered at Sah as he took his hat off and began unwinding his scarf. "You uh. I mean, lately it's like..." Tal's nose wrinkled as he awkwardly looked down at his boots. "Um. So. I brought vodka. If you wanted to talk," he finished in a gruff rush, fiddling with the catches on his parka but not quite undoing them yet as he snuck a glance at the other man, trying to gauge whether or not he was about to get kicked back out into the cold.
