WE BOTH LOST THE WAR • Kagerus

[Smoak]

Smoak's spirit has lifted since his early morning departure from Hyaline. He had left the sanctuary feeling broody and sour, trudging along lost in thought until he had reached the Field, of all places. He'd only ever visited a handful of times, and never had any of those visits been particularly significant, but the young stallion's legs had led him there nonetheless. His meeting with Nymf had been pleasant, though unfruitful at least in regards to his search. But on his return to Hyaline, just as dusk had begun to fall, Smoak found that he was feeling a bit more cheerful, and a small part of him was hoping that he would see the winged mare again soon.

It's a different winged woman that usually holds his attention, and Smoak searches for her as he passes over the border of his home. The branches have begun to bud and bloom, making it more different to search the sky for the blue-tinted pegasus, but they are a pleasant and welcoming sight. Smoak sighs comfortably as he continues beneath the canopies of red maple and purple wisteria, emerald eyes taking a few moments to appreciate the vibrancy of the blossoms.

When he peels away from the forest and into the clearing that houses Hyaline's crystalline heart, his eyes do not fall on Solace beneath the orange twilight sky, but on the overo bay that Solace had named Queen the morning after his return. Kagerus. The champagne stallion balks for a stride, his hooves falling heavily, before he sighs under his breath and continues towards the lakeside, though he does adjust his path so that he will not end up quite so close to Hyaline's newest Caretaker.

He wades into the water until it laps at the bone plates above his knees before lowering his golden head to the surface and drinking the water as the light from the setting sun dances across it like orange and red fire, careful to keep his gaze averted from the horned mare in hopes that he can pretend that he has not seen her.

S M O A K
here's a handshake, soldier, 'cause we both lost the war

thanks evvie !

@[Kagerus]