Now we are back to the beginning
01-04-2016, 03:29 PM
Walk | Talk | Think
He looked a little stunned when she first showed herself, but recovered as she extended a warm welcome his way. That was a relief. She had not seen it for herself, but she knew Voltage had retreated inward after...and that he had been scarcely seen since. He might still have had his ghosts, but Anais could see some of his old spark within his pale eyes as they looked at her and assessed her condition. She endured his stares much the same way she had done with everyone else - quietly and with a decidedly shy smile. There was no hiding the baby bump, but the attention still embarrassed her.
"Thank you," she responded through a sheepish chuckle as her mate's brother complimented her, caught between her own personal embarrassment and the pride she felt over her future family. "I still can't quite believe it's really happening." It amazed her to think that everything had started that first day when she had seen the large, intimidating figure of the blue wolf sitting serenely upon the frozen fjord, and that things had progressed from friendship, to a crush, to a budding relationship, and now into a fledgling family. Her world had been altered that day, and it was a shock to realize how long and lasting that alteration ran.
She could only chuckle as he spoke of gifts - he probably failed to realize how much of a gift his presence was - and felt a little jittery flutter of nerves when he asked after her due date. "Soon. Very soon, I think," Anais answered with a firm nod while she shifted her weight between her feet. "Days, a week or two at most." It was so hard to track, and there was the whole matter of her body knowing on its own when the time would be right. She just hoped the rest of her would be as ready; she still did not feel as though she was there yet. "I'm so excited for them," she admitted, her smile bright, "but I'm nervous too."
Suddenly recalling Voltage's experiences with this sort of thing, she made herself ask, softly and as gently as she could, "If I may ask...how did Gaia do with her birthing?" She feared the subject too tender, too raw, all things considered, but she thought the knowledge might be invaluable to her given the circumstances. But she refused to push, and went instantly quiet with a look that was almost an apology, ready to accept a change in the subject if he wished not to speak of it.
He looked a little stunned when she first showed herself, but recovered as she extended a warm welcome his way. That was a relief. She had not seen it for herself, but she knew Voltage had retreated inward after...and that he had been scarcely seen since. He might still have had his ghosts, but Anais could see some of his old spark within his pale eyes as they looked at her and assessed her condition. She endured his stares much the same way she had done with everyone else - quietly and with a decidedly shy smile. There was no hiding the baby bump, but the attention still embarrassed her.
"Thank you," she responded through a sheepish chuckle as her mate's brother complimented her, caught between her own personal embarrassment and the pride she felt over her future family. "I still can't quite believe it's really happening." It amazed her to think that everything had started that first day when she had seen the large, intimidating figure of the blue wolf sitting serenely upon the frozen fjord, and that things had progressed from friendship, to a crush, to a budding relationship, and now into a fledgling family. Her world had been altered that day, and it was a shock to realize how long and lasting that alteration ran.
She could only chuckle as he spoke of gifts - he probably failed to realize how much of a gift his presence was - and felt a little jittery flutter of nerves when he asked after her due date. "Soon. Very soon, I think," Anais answered with a firm nod while she shifted her weight between her feet. "Days, a week or two at most." It was so hard to track, and there was the whole matter of her body knowing on its own when the time would be right. She just hoped the rest of her would be as ready; she still did not feel as though she was there yet. "I'm so excited for them," she admitted, her smile bright, "but I'm nervous too."
Suddenly recalling Voltage's experiences with this sort of thing, she made herself ask, softly and as gently as she could, "If I may ask...how did Gaia do with her birthing?" She feared the subject too tender, too raw, all things considered, but she thought the knowledge might be invaluable to her given the circumstances. But she refused to push, and went instantly quiet with a look that was almost an apology, ready to accept a change in the subject if he wished not to speak of it.
* Because he has become her protector, Glacier is allowed into any and all threads that Anais may be in, regardless of how they are tagged.
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