Too Close To The Edge

His high strung sister was far too good at wiggling her way into his heart. He already missed her and wanted her home, but he wouldn't expect the gesture she made next as she eyed the space between them and edged her way cautiously closer. Her movement where slow, uncertain, and that in itself melted the icy giant. When at last she finished her edging to his side she was close enough to rest her head against his chest. She made no hesitation there and he lowered his chin to rest against the back of her head. For a fiery, strong willed and capable warrior she certainly had away of giving the appearance of vulnerability. In that moment he would have moved mountains and raged fire to keep her safe and beside him.
"I forgive you" he promised her, and truly he was putty in her hands, he had no choice but to do so.

He sighed at her words, but there was nothing he could do to change them. As much as he wished he could ground her or punish her or make her stay he knew it would start blood between them. It would break the bond between them,and she would never, ever, return to him, voltage, and their family. "Just promise they will know you before they are adults?" he asked of her softly.