05-04-2023, 07:08 PM
Asha looked down at her hands when he said that about her uncle. It hurt like little trembles on a spiderweb to where she kept that part of herself, and she didn’t follow it to the source of pain. When Elias spoke next her eyes were wide as the moon in response. He had too much faith, but then he’d never seen her really suffer the way her gift sometimes made her suffer. Even in the crowd around Ascendancy’s Arch he had caught her before she drowned too deep in the chaos all around them.
She didn’t point out that she was actually in her pyjamas. The fact he offered his coat sent little butterflies swarming all in her stomach and she didn’t want him to rescind the offer. With a smile Asha tugged on the fold of his arms to insert herself against his chest. He was thin as a reed and not much warmer than her, but that wasn’t what she was seeking as she hugged her arms around his waist. It was because of what he said about being afraid.
He smelled good though. Clean. Realisation of which flushed her cheeks warm.
“Just give me five minutes to shower, El,” she said when she pulled free. Her trust in him went without saying. And she would be quick.
[[Can go ahead and assume she goes and gets ready. She will totally wear the coat]]
She didn’t point out that she was actually in her pyjamas. The fact he offered his coat sent little butterflies swarming all in her stomach and she didn’t want him to rescind the offer. With a smile Asha tugged on the fold of his arms to insert herself against his chest. He was thin as a reed and not much warmer than her, but that wasn’t what she was seeking as she hugged her arms around his waist. It was because of what he said about being afraid.
He smelled good though. Clean. Realisation of which flushed her cheeks warm.
“Just give me five minutes to shower, El,” she said when she pulled free. Her trust in him went without saying. And she would be quick.
[[Can go ahead and assume she goes and gets ready. She will totally wear the coat]]