[ The banter echoes the banter they'd had back at the Academy. All flirtatious, meant to tease and coax anticipation long before their lips had ever touched and they knew how the other tasted. Long before feelings rooted and made things complicated. Those days had been so much easier. Caught up in her homesick reminiscing, wistfulness worms its way into her heart. But before it takes on a mind of its own she tugs it back, not wanting to give bitterness a chance to taint that too.
She'd rather stay here out in the cold, with warm cheeks and laughter woven in the space between them.
As Claude inches his way towards her, she begins to skate in a lackadaisical figure eight motion. There's approval in her gaze that goes unspoken, staying true to her word about not wanting to blow his ego up too much. ]
Look at you go. You'll be able to fly faster than the wyverns at this rate. [ Suddenly she pushes herself back, several more inches. ] That means you'll be able to make it this far without my help, right?
no subject
Who says you'll get the chance?
[ The banter echoes the banter they'd had back at the Academy. All flirtatious, meant to tease and coax anticipation long before their lips had ever touched and they knew how the other tasted. Long before feelings rooted and made things complicated. Those days had been so much easier. Caught up in her homesick reminiscing, wistfulness worms its way into her heart. But before it takes on a mind of its own she tugs it back, not wanting to give bitterness a chance to taint that too.
She'd rather stay here out in the cold, with warm cheeks and laughter woven in the space between them.
As Claude inches his way towards her, she begins to skate in a lackadaisical figure eight motion. There's approval in her gaze that goes unspoken, staying true to her word about not wanting to blow his ego up too much. ]
Look at you go. You'll be able to fly faster than the wyverns at this rate. [ Suddenly she pushes herself back, several more inches. ] That means you'll be able to make it this far without my help, right?