Evie
He could do with a little required practice in the overt, though she has come to read him well enough that the lack of Attunement matters little in discerning expressions. For example, she find her own cheeks heating immediately at the myriad of promises that hold such weight in his gaze, only to teasingly dissipate back into a countenance of neutrality. “Tease,” she accuses playfully under her breath, trying to keep her own lids from dropping low in answering seduction. They have a young audience after all.
He needn’t worry about the memories dragging her too deep beneath the ice where he cannot reach her; his presence alone always inspires enough peace and love to buoy her against any height of wave or current. It doesn’t mean she can resist smiling right back. “I do think you’re quite pure actually, in a lot of ways. But I concede your point; my parents probably just extra sucked and decided to drain the fun out of everything.” Which is exactly why she deserves to gleefully, girlishly envision a future companion now, the way she’d never gotten a chance to before. Always clinging too hard to secrecy and blending into the background to strive for uniqueness.
“Me too. I’m glad things are quiet enough that we get to take a few more days alone here and there.” The year after the war had been nearly as rough logistically as the one preceding it. Now, with all the hard work done and peace reigning for over a year as well, they can take more mini vacations without worrying Halo will suddenly crumble in their absence. “There’s still so much I haven’t even seen of Torchline! Melita was telling me about a place called Rainbow Road, and water horses in the Wilds. I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface sometimes.”
He needn’t worry about the memories dragging her too deep beneath the ice where he cannot reach her; his presence alone always inspires enough peace and love to buoy her against any height of wave or current. It doesn’t mean she can resist smiling right back. “I do think you’re quite pure actually, in a lot of ways. But I concede your point; my parents probably just extra sucked and decided to drain the fun out of everything.” Which is exactly why she deserves to gleefully, girlishly envision a future companion now, the way she’d never gotten a chance to before. Always clinging too hard to secrecy and blending into the background to strive for uniqueness.
“Me too. I’m glad things are quiet enough that we get to take a few more days alone here and there.” The year after the war had been nearly as rough logistically as the one preceding it. Now, with all the hard work done and peace reigning for over a year as well, they can take more mini vacations without worrying Halo will suddenly crumble in their absence. “There’s still so much I haven’t even seen of Torchline! Melita was telling me about a place called Rainbow Road, and water horses in the Wilds. I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface sometimes.”
Cover your crystal eyes
And let your colors bleed and blend with mine
And let your colors bleed and blend with mine
