Aurelia
these nightmares all bend
silver linings are all i need
silver linings are all i need
Aurelia looks up from the mess she's made to immediately see Maeve, and she can see the scoff of a laugh on the woman's lips. Her cheeks darken with an embarrassed flush and immediately she seems to deflate even further. Her hands retract into her lap, where she forces her fingers to wrap around one another and be still.
"It's not you-" she stutters suddenly and cuts off, "Not- not that... eh..." She gives up on whatever she's trying to say or do. "Sorry.. about the flowers," an apologetic, soft smile is offered up as she tries to patch together her train of thought into something coherent, something to mask the chaos going on within.
But she'd made a promise to be more honest with Maeve. So she sighs heavily, and although she stares down at the pooled water on the table, she admits bluntly, "No. I'm a fucking mess right now. Hotaru got out. Nate and Sunjata are overwhelmed with all of this and their own shit combined, and I can't do anything, Maeve."
She sobers a bit, feeling a little better [surpisingly]. Her eyes lift up to regard the Madame, looking her over in the same manner, making a genuine attempt to try and see how the other woman is faring herself. "What about you?" She asks, as if this is normal back-and-forth. Considering that it's Caido...
"It's not you-" she stutters suddenly and cuts off, "Not- not that... eh..." She gives up on whatever she's trying to say or do. "Sorry.. about the flowers," an apologetic, soft smile is offered up as she tries to patch together her train of thought into something coherent, something to mask the chaos going on within.
But she'd made a promise to be more honest with Maeve. So she sighs heavily, and although she stares down at the pooled water on the table, she admits bluntly, "No. I'm a fucking mess right now. Hotaru got out. Nate and Sunjata are overwhelmed with all of this and their own shit combined, and I can't do anything, Maeve."
She sobers a bit, feeling a little better [surpisingly]. Her eyes lift up to regard the Madame, looking her over in the same manner, making a genuine attempt to try and see how the other woman is faring herself. "What about you?" She asks, as if this is normal back-and-forth. Considering that it's Caido...
so please just hold onto me
these demons, they're old to me
these demons, they're old to me