And suddenly hers was not the only set of footsteps crunching through the last remnants of winter’s icy grip. Suddenly two drumbeats danced in harmony, a second rhythm rising to join hers as it echoed through the frigid air. A wave of nervous energy rushed beneath her skin and she slowed, turning to face the oncoming stranger - or perhaps not-so-stranger, as it happened. “Litha?” his soft voice asked, and something in those teal eyes quieted the fire, soothed the pain of it that lingered on her skin. She blinked, too startled to speak for a moment, and then--
“Mo?” Her voice was just as subdued, just as hesitant, heavy with that same skepticism even as hope buoyed it up. Smoke and pain and two years of hard growing up had left her voice huskier, deeper than when last they’d seen each other, though that was hardly the only thing that had changed. They’d both grown up, and she’d lost the wings she’d once used to blanket them, traded feathers in for ugly scars and fire that sent agony screaming through her body with every touch.
She took a careful step forward, but those were her Mo’s eyes, hidden in a frame of shaggy winter brown and a long tangle of black. Before she knew it one step had turned into another, and another, and she was tucked up against him, wrapping herself around him, pulling him close. “Mo,” she breathed out softly, hugging him tight. “Oh, I’ve missed you so. It’s been far too long.”
“Mo?” Her voice was just as subdued, just as hesitant, heavy with that same skepticism even as hope buoyed it up. Smoke and pain and two years of hard growing up had left her voice huskier, deeper than when last they’d seen each other, though that was hardly the only thing that had changed. They’d both grown up, and she’d lost the wings she’d once used to blanket them, traded feathers in for ugly scars and fire that sent agony screaming through her body with every touch.
She took a careful step forward, but those were her Mo’s eyes, hidden in a frame of shaggy winter brown and a long tangle of black. Before she knew it one step had turned into another, and another, and she was tucked up against him, wrapping herself around him, pulling him close. “Mo,” she breathed out softly, hugging him tight. “Oh, I’ve missed you so. It’s been far too long.”
@[insane] I'm sorry it took forever and is soooo short but ahhhh <3 <3 <3!