did goodbye mean letting go?
He is the only one privy to this weakness, this grasping, shaking thing that spreads through her arms in a way she wishes she could blame on puppeteering instead of the pitiful softness at the core of her. The settling of his sweater over her skin is like plates of armor, grounding her in warmth and the familiar scent of him.
As the shock begins to ebb slowly, a different kind of armor begins to emerge. One that shields her from the hurt, the doubt, the questioning. An old, reliable friend. Anger.
Her lip twitches and reveals a dim flash of her teeth in the moonlight, canines a little too long and eyes glinting oddly with tapetum lucidum tissue only an animal could have. No. If his body must be on the property, she will not allow a marker. At least - Not a permanent one. They can either retrieve the body or have an empty gravestone placed in Torchline. Whatever marker he places will be entirely empty and easy to bypass. King's End is known for its graves after all. Let George rot with all the other forgotten bodies.
Sunjata may still question and doubt, but Hotaru can't allow herself to feel it. Instead, she cloaks herself in the rage of her own foolishness, the ease at which George had deceived her, slipped a knife right into her Achilles Heel. He had tried to kill her, had tried to kill Sunjata. Her protectiveness boils blatantly in the bond, spiteful and snarling, refusing to give George the decency of a gravestone when he'd dared to spill her lover's blood with the intent to kill.
It's an easier emotion to feel, an almost positive one given it's in defense of the man she loves, than the betrayal and hurt that lurks beneath.
As the shock begins to ebb slowly, a different kind of armor begins to emerge. One that shields her from the hurt, the doubt, the questioning. An old, reliable friend. Anger.
Her lip twitches and reveals a dim flash of her teeth in the moonlight, canines a little too long and eyes glinting oddly with tapetum lucidum tissue only an animal could have. No. If his body must be on the property, she will not allow a marker. At least - Not a permanent one. They can either retrieve the body or have an empty gravestone placed in Torchline. Whatever marker he places will be entirely empty and easy to bypass. King's End is known for its graves after all. Let George rot with all the other forgotten bodies.
Sunjata may still question and doubt, but Hotaru can't allow herself to feel it. Instead, she cloaks herself in the rage of her own foolishness, the ease at which George had deceived her, slipped a knife right into her Achilles Heel. He had tried to kill her, had tried to kill Sunjata. Her protectiveness boils blatantly in the bond, spiteful and snarling, refusing to give George the decency of a gravestone when he'd dared to spill her lover's blood with the intent to kill.
It's an easier emotion to feel, an almost positive one given it's in defense of the man she loves, than the betrayal and hurt that lurks beneath.
and did letting go mean forever?
HOTARU
