keep a little fire burning; ledger

[Smoak]

Keep a little fire burning;
however small, however hidden.

His hazel eyes search Ledger for any hint of a cracked resolve, but the one-eyed stallion sides with his parents in the end and Smoak gives him an exasperated sigh, though a playful and understanding grin has worked its way back onto his face, a silent admission of his youthful intentions. "It was worth a shot," he says with laughter as Ledger assists his descent from the tar-like earth, his small hooves now caked in black.

He inspects the flaxen chestnut stallion blatantly, from the sheen of sweat on his bright coat to the pit where a second eye should be. Smoak inches closer unapologetically, his head tilted to the side with intrigue. "Your condition?" he inquires with a furrowed brow, before: "Oh! Yeah!" After his exclamation, the son of Ellyse and Dahmer lowers his voice and whispers to Ledger with a grin. "You mean the bear thing?" He hadn't actually seen Ledger as a bear, but the young boy had done enough eavesdropping around Tephra to know that he was more than just a one-eyed stallion.

Smoak's hazel eyes move to Ledger's mouth where he hopes to see sharp teeth when he talks, but instead they are blunt just like his own and, while he's slightly disappointed about this, the flaxen chestnut successfully distracts the bone-armored boy with the suggestion of a diplomatic visit. Smoak throws his head skyward, excitement alight in his face once more.

"Yeah! You would do that? You wouldn't mind? Which territory should we go see?!"

Smoak

lineart colored by sanaa

@[Ledger]