I don't need saving!

He smiled his lazy smile and repeated her name back to her. He looked like he was deep in thought for a long moment, and his growing smile indicated trouble. Oh yeah. Definitely trouble. Her own lips twitched as he gave her his preferred ‘name’

They twitched a little more as he went on to list a whole slew of names. “Some are better than others” she agreed. “Alright, Tall Dark and Mysterious” she grinned this time, stretching across her lips and shadowed in her eyes. It had been a while since anybody had made her laugh. “Iarlaith.” she continued, “Thank you.” she said with more sincerity this time. She truly was thankful, she wasn’t sure what would have happened if he hadn’t come along. Fool that she was, she had gone head first in the snow.

She glanced up at the sky, the day was progressing without them. “What brought you out this way, anyway?”


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