07-31-2018, 09:01 PM
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with grace in your heart and flowers in your hair
Hazel remembered Alex. He had asked her if she was going to be okay, which Hazel found...so much stranger and comforting than the usual awkward attempt to ignore tense situations. She didn't know what it was about his concern that had been so refreshing; perhaps it was the way in which he'd phrased it, like she actually had a choice in whether or not she wanted to be okay. Perhaps it was the concept of a total stranger expressing worry over her well-being. Maybe it was the simple fact of him being young and impressionable that made her want to smile and nod, to tell him that he didn't need to worry about her. Because it wasn't like other echoes of the phrase, where she secretly wished for someone's concern but was too embarrassed and ashamed to trouble them for it. She genuinely didn't want him to worry over something he couldn't control at that young of an age.
When that familiar aura appeared on the horizon, Hazel had dropped what she'd been doing and followed the crowd, sticking close to Margy out of sheer force of habit rather than will. Relief washed over her spine, easing a knot that had been there since the day she had discovered Alex was nowhere to be found within their territory. It was so strange because Vi had also gone mysteriously absent during the same time. Hazel knew she had no business in their personal lives, but she was...worried. She even began to feel a certain sort of guilt when she played her ukulele, knowing that Alex had liked the music.
Iron pyrite popped up in her wake, glinting with sunlight. "Alex!" She chirped, elated. "We're so happy you're back - nos vos desiderabat. We missed you." The feline's tail curled over her back as she scanned over his body, noting his fatigued limbs and general exhaustion. "You should let Peri take a look at you, just...just in case." She suggested, biting her lip.
When that familiar aura appeared on the horizon, Hazel had dropped what she'd been doing and followed the crowd, sticking close to Margy out of sheer force of habit rather than will. Relief washed over her spine, easing a knot that had been there since the day she had discovered Alex was nowhere to be found within their territory. It was so strange because Vi had also gone mysteriously absent during the same time. Hazel knew she had no business in their personal lives, but she was...worried. She even began to feel a certain sort of guilt when she played her ukulele, knowing that Alex had liked the music.
Iron pyrite popped up in her wake, glinting with sunlight. "Alex!" She chirped, elated. "We're so happy you're back - nos vos desiderabat. We missed you." The feline's tail curled over her back as she scanned over his body, noting his fatigued limbs and general exhaustion. "You should let Peri take a look at you, just...just in case." She suggested, biting her lip.
© MADI
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WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT I HAVE LEFT
i will defend your every breath; i'll do better