"I expect yes," she answered him, "I don't have any where else to go or to annoy." He snorted with amusement and smirked. She hadn't annoyed him yet, only gained his interest whether that was a good or bad thing. "I expect you and Zoryn will be plenty of fun."
Hah. More than she knew.
And then she was laughing at him and his brows turned downward. She found his tendency to bring trouble amusing, clearly. Her little body leaned in against him as she continued and he held strong, not entirely convinced she didn't need the support just then with the sickness hitting her so hard. It came and went for him at times, and he'd likely be leaning on her again too at some point.
Plus, he really didn't mind the smell of her. He was only half-listening at that point, his attention once again getting a little too one-track minded. He blinked and refocused. "Oh, you're cute. I can handle your kind of trouble Dovev." His ears flicked back and he glanced away, but he kept his thoughts to himself and looked to her again, his face blank if not subtly softer beneath the mask of bone.
"I guess we'll see," he challenged back, his lips twisting in a weak smirk before it fell away again. "C'mon. We're getting out of here."
He turned them to hunt down his little twins, subtly supporting her any time she might need it, and met up with Heartfire coming to fetch them on the way out. Good. Bout damn time he got home. At least he hadn't had to stay long.
we're slaves to any semblance of touch
Lord, we should quit but we love it too much