10-14-2020, 04:27 PM
He is surprised by the sound of her laughter. If not for its warmth and softness, its bell-song quality, perhaps he might have been wounded by it. He might have tucked his head and retreated, chased away by it. But it is so lovely that he finds himself leaning into it instead, hoping that he might reorient the pattern of his breathing around it.
Her remark makes it obvious that she had not been laughing at his expense, that the laughter had been a teasing thing. And he grins despite himself, heat pooling in his cheeks as he rolls his shoulders in a sort of shrug. He could explain to her the origin of his name but he refrains, swallows it down. Lets her comment linger in the air between them, lets himself think of it as flirtation. Even if the thought alone is enough to spur his pulse into a frenzy.
Her mention of Tephra is a welcome distraction from the thoughts running rampant in his head and his expression brightens even further. She is from Tephra but he has never seen her there and now she lives in Hyaline so his chances of encountering her are even slimmer. He tries not to dwell on his disappointment.
“I’m from Tephra, too,” he tells her, still grinning. Like the force of his grin might help scatter whatever shyness keeps her smile small. “I’m disappointed that I never saw you there,” he continues and then tilts his head as he admits, “I would have liked to have met you sooner.”
With this, he exhales a self-conscious sort of laugh and averts his gaze. As if he cannot bear to look her in the eye after saying something so foolish. “How do you like Hyaline?”
Her remark makes it obvious that she had not been laughing at his expense, that the laughter had been a teasing thing. And he grins despite himself, heat pooling in his cheeks as he rolls his shoulders in a sort of shrug. He could explain to her the origin of his name but he refrains, swallows it down. Lets her comment linger in the air between them, lets himself think of it as flirtation. Even if the thought alone is enough to spur his pulse into a frenzy.
Her mention of Tephra is a welcome distraction from the thoughts running rampant in his head and his expression brightens even further. She is from Tephra but he has never seen her there and now she lives in Hyaline so his chances of encountering her are even slimmer. He tries not to dwell on his disappointment.
“I’m from Tephra, too,” he tells her, still grinning. Like the force of his grin might help scatter whatever shyness keeps her smile small. “I’m disappointed that I never saw you there,” he continues and then tilts his head as he admits, “I would have liked to have met you sooner.”
With this, he exhales a self-conscious sort of laugh and averts his gaze. As if he cannot bear to look her in the eye after saying something so foolish. “How do you like Hyaline?”
SAVIOR
you remind me who i was and who i want to be
you remind me that though not whole, i'm not empty
you remind me that though not whole, i'm not empty
@[Casimira]