Oh, empty my heart
If her laugh was a little breathless, it was probably because of the pain. Not the quick brush of a thumb over her knuckles. Because that would be silly. "Thank you. I think it was more due to our combined grandeur... I really like your taste in music."
To keep herself from staring too openly at Harper, she watched his hands examine her shoulder instead. Careful breathing kept her from flinching at the gentle prodding. He sounded practiced and clinical as he explained what would happen. It was reassurance she very much needed; for all that the girl tried to appear unphased by the whole thing, the wide eyes and softly trembling lips betrayed her. Harper might be used to this, but she was not. Pain was new, unfamiliar; a terrible unknown the starchild had yet to learn how to endure.
"Alright," Seren murmured, as he finished speaking. "Do what you need to do; I trust you." Her free hand sneaked in to pinch a fold of his shirt. Too shy to grab hold more firmly, yet not so brave either that she could face this agony entirely on her own.
It was a conundrum; one she threw herself into wholeheartedly, so that she wouldn't have to think of anything else as she entrusted her injured arm to this singing pirate boy.
To keep herself from staring too openly at Harper, she watched his hands examine her shoulder instead. Careful breathing kept her from flinching at the gentle prodding. He sounded practiced and clinical as he explained what would happen. It was reassurance she very much needed; for all that the girl tried to appear unphased by the whole thing, the wide eyes and softly trembling lips betrayed her. Harper might be used to this, but she was not. Pain was new, unfamiliar; a terrible unknown the starchild had yet to learn how to endure.
"Alright," Seren murmured, as he finished speaking. "Do what you need to do; I trust you." Her free hand sneaked in to pinch a fold of his shirt. Too shy to grab hold more firmly, yet not so brave either that she could face this agony entirely on her own.
It was a conundrum; one she threw herself into wholeheartedly, so that she wouldn't have to think of anything else as she entrusted her injured arm to this singing pirate boy.
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
