Edmund appreciates the comfort that his cousin is attempting to provide. Yet words won't be enough to settle him. Only seeing his mum smiling again, the curled tension of the past seasons unfurling from her shoulders, and color returning to her face. Only that sight, will cool the anxious embers that forever burn beneath his skin.
Paige doesn't let him brood for long as she nudges a shot his way. A chuckle rumbles out of him, and he toasts the shot before downing it. Despite the fire in his veins, the alcohol burns and he can't help but wince.
He places the shot glass down before pushing it back to Paige, "I don't drink often so please don't drink me under the table. I can probably down a few more but don't get your hopes up." If this was anyone else, save Jude or Soleil, Edmund would turn down the idea of taking so many shots. After everything that's happened, trust was a luxury that he cannot afford to hand out so easily.
Paige doesn't let him brood for long as she nudges a shot his way. A chuckle rumbles out of him, and he toasts the shot before downing it. Despite the fire in his veins, the alcohol burns and he can't help but wince.
He places the shot glass down before pushing it back to Paige, "I don't drink often so please don't drink me under the table. I can probably down a few more but don't get your hopes up." If this was anyone else, save Jude or Soleil, Edmund would turn down the idea of taking so many shots. After everything that's happened, trust was a luxury that he cannot afford to hand out so easily.
Edmund
Come dance in the shadows
