12-27-2018, 07:23 PM
Kirby sighed and nuzzled his baby girl, trying not to think about how she’d been once upon a time. Trying not to feel the same pain that flashed in Roma’s eyes seeing her, seeing how very different she was from such a short time ago. All that wide-eyed innocence shattered and so much hurt left in its place. He nodded, holding Kali close as Roma tucked herself up against her other side and fussed over her. And as usual, Kali barely responded, just sighing softly and letting her eyes drift closed.
He pulled the iron of his makeshift wing back into himself and nudged Roma gently, encouraging her to let her softer one take its place. He could make the iron warm, but he couldn’t make it feel like feathers, not even for Kali. He met her eyes, saw her worry in their golden depths, and nodded. Life had not been kind to his baby girl, and he understood her silence. Understood the way she’d withdrawn into herself where only Kharon could even try to reach.
Didn’t make it any less painful, or any less devastating.
He pressed his lips to the top of her head, muffling a sigh against her pretty hair. Didn’t make him miss his happy-go-lucky little baby any less. The world had broken her, and sometimes it felt like those shattered pieces of the old Kali were forever, were all that was left of her. But now and again he caught a glimpse of her, especially when she was spending time with Kharon. Maybe he put too much on his son, too much responsibility to look after her, maybe he should make sure his boy had more free time to be without the pressure of Kali’s happiness weighing on him.
But they seemed to at least take a little comfort in each other.
“It changed all of us,” he said softly, brushing his lips against Kali’s forehead. “But we’re doing our best, aren’t we baby girl?” She just sighed and hid her face against his mane again. Which he chose to take as a yes. “What about you, Rom? You settling in okay? Liking the island?” It was no Ischia, but it would do for as long as they needed it to. “Making any new friends?” He’d made no effort to do so himself, but to be fair, there had been important things on his mind. Keeping his kids safe. Getting them used to a home that wasn’t Ischia. Cuddling his Kali girl.
Not that it had done much good.Bite my shiny metal ass.
He pulled the iron of his makeshift wing back into himself and nudged Roma gently, encouraging her to let her softer one take its place. He could make the iron warm, but he couldn’t make it feel like feathers, not even for Kali. He met her eyes, saw her worry in their golden depths, and nodded. Life had not been kind to his baby girl, and he understood her silence. Understood the way she’d withdrawn into herself where only Kharon could even try to reach.
Didn’t make it any less painful, or any less devastating.
He pressed his lips to the top of her head, muffling a sigh against her pretty hair. Didn’t make him miss his happy-go-lucky little baby any less. The world had broken her, and sometimes it felt like those shattered pieces of the old Kali were forever, were all that was left of her. But now and again he caught a glimpse of her, especially when she was spending time with Kharon. Maybe he put too much on his son, too much responsibility to look after her, maybe he should make sure his boy had more free time to be without the pressure of Kali’s happiness weighing on him.
But they seemed to at least take a little comfort in each other.
“It changed all of us,” he said softly, brushing his lips against Kali’s forehead. “But we’re doing our best, aren’t we baby girl?” She just sighed and hid her face against his mane again. Which he chose to take as a yes. “What about you, Rom? You settling in okay? Liking the island?” It was no Ischia, but it would do for as long as they needed it to. “Making any new friends?” He’d made no effort to do so himself, but to be fair, there had been important things on his mind. Keeping his kids safe. Getting them used to a home that wasn’t Ischia. Cuddling his Kali girl.
Not that it had done much good.