it's just what happens when your heart goes ablaze
Leliana feels her heart swell in her chest when her husband joins them and the youngest of their brood comes to slip underneath her wing. The magician pulls her close, leaning down to ruffle her forelock and press a kiss to the sweep of her brow. “Hello angel,” she murmurs, although in her heart she knows that her daughter is not the innocent bloom that some of her children have grown into.
Still, she loves her all the same.
She laughs, light and soft, as her daughter slips away as easily as she had arrived. She leans into her husband for a second, pressing a kiss to his cheek before turning attention back to the man at their border. She does not trust him. She can’t stop the small fear that thrums in the back of her throat and the memories of him bearing down on her home. But she trusts Vulgaris and she sees how desperately he wants this to go well so she turns a cheek to such fears, to such concerns, and does her best to relax.
For a moment, she follows the direction of his gaze to their daughter.
She nods, almost to herself, before she reaches over. “Lovely, I have a task for you.” Her eyes glitter as she spins up a rabbit made of vines and flowers. The animal stands up, sniffing the air, before turning and begins hopping in the opposite direction—faster than any usual bunny could move—with a trail of flowers in its wake. Laughing, she nods. “It appears our beloved rabbit has escaped. Can you catch him?”
It is an innocent game, like a million games she concocts for her children.
But it should be one to keep their youngest distracted at least for a few moments.
Once she is content that Meraki is safe and a good enough distance away, she turns back, settling slightly so that she can focus her hazel eyes on the stallion. She says nothing, simply waiting for him to continue.
— Leliana —
@[vulgaris] - you're up.