magnus;

[Atrani]

Atrani

How long has it been? Weeks? Months?
 
The humidity derived from the volcano has been more or less a comfort blanketing across her every day and night. She cannot see the passing of the seasons or even feel a drastic change in the temperature as she had in the meadow or on that distant island. Here, in Tephra, however, it’s as though time has frozen. The grass still sways when the wind blows and she can feel the sun warming her skin versus the night blotting everything out. Those are her only indicators that she hasn’t fallen into an abyss where everything in the world has stopped.
 
But it still doesn’t tell her how long it has been.
 
A casual gulp of air separates her from the hesitant trek to find her shield, her Magnus. His scent coats everything, enveloping all of Tephra. This is his home, no doubt, and his voice occasionally carries on the coastal breeze. Atrani has done her best not to badger him, but the solitude has been wearing on her more as of late. While she has spent more time away from father than with, he still often loiters in her thoughts. He is still a solid figure in her life and not truly – not ever – forgotten.
 
She doesn’t admit this to Magnus as she finds his side with a gentle caress of his shoulder. ”Hello,” she whispers plainly while nestling herself next to him. A silence reigns over them and it’s almost as though she will not speak again while she mulls over her thoughts and tries desperately to reach some sort of resolution, but she can’t. ”Was I wrong to follow him here? To ruin what happiness may have ensued between them?” There is no need for names; she knows Magnus realizes who she is talking about.

dove into her eyes and starved all the fears

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