Don't go breaking my heart

“She’s grown up a great deal this last year.” he said softly, thinking of Asla. in the last few days, she had grown up even more. His fault. But he was glad that she was warming to her younger siblings at last. That Briar had at least one older sibling around to look up to.

She mentioned Art and the castle, as he had expected. Then, then she mentioned what he had gotten her for her birthday. He looked to the bangle with the sound of blood roaring past his ears. He blinked a few times, trying to steady himself. One. Briar, Kotori, Aris, Gossy, Ophelia. One. “Do you think,” he asked softly. And this wasn’t a question he should be asking of the young girl, but he couldn’t catch himself from seeking her advice. “That we should have a small birthday party?” One. something good to celebrate among all the horror. Of course, for Sirius, it was a mark of Azure's second birthday, and he had forgotten that it was theirs as well. Yearlings now, and puppies no longer.

“I would love to take you hunting” he added in belatedly.


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