Maybe next time I'll surprise you. [ said with all the bravado he can muster, which is paper thin. somewhere in there though, is the glimmer that he might be telling the truth actually. even if he doesn't know it yet himself.
it's not a thought that lingers (like all of his thoughts right now honestly), when his eyes fall to the little pouch in his palm. he opens it momentarily, his expression open and innocent.
for all the novel ways hwylryn has seen him today, this expression might be the purest. ]
This is for me? [ obviously but. he's lost his breath again, somewhere beneath the sea. ]
I can keep things if I want to. [ remember how he was head empty before? his entire body might as well be made of seafoam and bubbles in this moment.
with care he takes out the earring, staring at it, the purple in his eyes nearly subsuming the red. ]
I'm going to keep this forever.
[ no hesitation, no bravado; full confidence, spoken from the heart. ]
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it's not a thought that lingers (like all of his thoughts right now honestly), when his eyes fall to the little pouch in his palm. he opens it momentarily, his expression open and innocent.
for all the novel ways hwylryn has seen him today, this expression might be the purest. ]
This is for me? [ obviously but. he's lost his breath again, somewhere beneath the sea. ]
I can keep things if I want to. [ remember how he was head empty before? his entire body might as well be made of seafoam and bubbles in this moment.
with care he takes out the earring, staring at it, the purple in his eyes nearly subsuming the red. ]
I'm going to keep this forever.
[ no hesitation, no bravado; full confidence, spoken from the heart. ]