07-04-2017, 03:08 PM
Rys’s heart hammered in her chest, pounding away at her ribcage like it was trying to escape while Zur just stood and stared at her. Shit. Shiiit, that was a hard one to take back if he wasn’t on the same page, if he thought it was a terrible idea - but how could he think it was a terrible idea, when it felt so right? She stared right back, meeting dazed eyes the color of the jungle they’d once known and loved so deeply and waiting for...something. Anything. “Zur?”
He blinked, and she started breathing again when he softly asked, “A baby? Like...you and me and a baby? A little tiny bundle of baby?” Oh, just the start of that smile melted away every last trace of uncertainty, and she nodded, matching his smile as he brushed his lips along her neck, her cheek, pressed his body against her and held her close. “Hmm, what will we name it?”
She snorted and glanced up at him, humor lighting her dark brown eyes as she grinned. “Getting a little ahead of yourself there, love, aren’t you? We haven’t even made it yet and you’re already thinking names?” But she pressed her lips against his cheek, trailed her way to the corner of his mouth, and--
“OH, YOU ARE SO, SO PRETTY!”
Whoops, hello there. Rys smiled down at the cute little girl she hadn’t noticed approaching. “Thank you, sweetheart, that’s very kind. You’re pretty darn adorable yourself, you know that?” She glanced around, searching for the girl’s parents, and as the first hint of fire crept around the bend, her heart stopped.
It couldn’t be. It couldn’t, but it was. Her mouth went slack, her eyes wide, and the first hint of tears blurred her vision as the flame went out, leaving that beautiful blood orange coat in its place. “Dare,” he said, those familiar mismatched eyes just as wide as hers.
“Gendry?” Soft, so soft, she barely spoke his name. Her Gendry? Oh, her Gendry! Her very first best friend, her big brother, the one she’d driven Mom crazy sneaking away to play with, fallen asleep tucked up against or nestled between him and his Arrya, oh, it was really him! “Gendry!” She blinked away the tears, let them fall down her cheeks as she ran to him, wrapped herself around him, pulled him into a hug she’d been waiting more than half her lifetime for.
She buried her face in his mane, dragging in shaky breaths and letting the scent of burning and home and Gendry wash over her as her tears fell. When she could pull herself together again, she whispered, “I’ve missed you so, so much, Gendry.” With a long, slow breath, she rubbed her cheeks against him, wiping away the tears, and pulled back to look at him, just to stare at him and drink in the sight for the first time in far too many years. “Gods, it’s good to see you.”
And then the little girl’s words sank in. Yes smiled at her, lowering her head til she was at the girl’s eye level. “Daddy? Ohhh, I guess that would make me your aunt. I’m your daddy’s little sister, Rys. Or, well. Dare, though no one’s called me that in...years.” A soft smile up at Gendry, and then back to his lovely daughter. “And this is your Uncle Zur. It’s nice to meet you, sweetheart. What’s your name?”
He blinked, and she started breathing again when he softly asked, “A baby? Like...you and me and a baby? A little tiny bundle of baby?” Oh, just the start of that smile melted away every last trace of uncertainty, and she nodded, matching his smile as he brushed his lips along her neck, her cheek, pressed his body against her and held her close. “Hmm, what will we name it?”
She snorted and glanced up at him, humor lighting her dark brown eyes as she grinned. “Getting a little ahead of yourself there, love, aren’t you? We haven’t even made it yet and you’re already thinking names?” But she pressed her lips against his cheek, trailed her way to the corner of his mouth, and--
“OH, YOU ARE SO, SO PRETTY!”
Whoops, hello there. Rys smiled down at the cute little girl she hadn’t noticed approaching. “Thank you, sweetheart, that’s very kind. You’re pretty darn adorable yourself, you know that?” She glanced around, searching for the girl’s parents, and as the first hint of fire crept around the bend, her heart stopped.
It couldn’t be. It couldn’t, but it was. Her mouth went slack, her eyes wide, and the first hint of tears blurred her vision as the flame went out, leaving that beautiful blood orange coat in its place. “Dare,” he said, those familiar mismatched eyes just as wide as hers.
“Gendry?” Soft, so soft, she barely spoke his name. Her Gendry? Oh, her Gendry! Her very first best friend, her big brother, the one she’d driven Mom crazy sneaking away to play with, fallen asleep tucked up against or nestled between him and his Arrya, oh, it was really him! “Gendry!” She blinked away the tears, let them fall down her cheeks as she ran to him, wrapped herself around him, pulled him into a hug she’d been waiting more than half her lifetime for.
She buried her face in his mane, dragging in shaky breaths and letting the scent of burning and home and Gendry wash over her as her tears fell. When she could pull herself together again, she whispered, “I’ve missed you so, so much, Gendry.” With a long, slow breath, she rubbed her cheeks against him, wiping away the tears, and pulled back to look at him, just to stare at him and drink in the sight for the first time in far too many years. “Gods, it’s good to see you.”
And then the little girl’s words sank in. Yes smiled at her, lowering her head til she was at the girl’s eye level. “Daddy? Ohhh, I guess that would make me your aunt. I’m your daddy’s little sister, Rys. Or, well. Dare, though no one’s called me that in...years.” A soft smile up at Gendry, and then back to his lovely daughter. “And this is your Uncle Zur. It’s nice to meet you, sweetheart. What’s your name?”