It Would Make Him Happy

The awkwardness was still there as Briar began to speak. It didn't seem like they were being completely truthful with one another. They were both holding back. Bowen raised her glowing green eyes and stared straight into the blue depths of Briar's own gaze. "Has Artorias told you anything about me? About where I've been?" Seeing Briar shake her head in the negative, Bowen went on to explain. Perhaps, knowing where she'd been and what she'd gone through, the antlered woman could understand the situation a little better. Perhaps she could understand that Bowen didn't see relationships the same way that Briar obviously had. Maybe she could understand this awkwardness as well.

Inhaling deeply, Bowen began to tell Briar about how she was stolen, where she had been taken to, the horrible acts that she had been forced to carry out all for her own safety. "And one of the only things that kept me sane was knowing that one day I would win my freedom and come back to see my family. To see Artorias most of all." The copper and cream fae gave her crown a light shake. "I don't want to take him from you at all, Briar. I know how happy you make him and I know how happy he makes you." The smaller woman then pulled her gaze away, looking back towards the fire that was slowly dying down. "I just need him sometimes to remind me that I'm still here. That I really made it. I need him to remind me that everything I did, everyone that I hurt... it was all worth it to come back here."

Bowen didn't want Briar to feel as though she would try to take Artorias for herself. That wasn't what she wanted at all. She did, however, want it to be clear that she needed Artorias. Needed him like she needed air to breathe and water to drink. They would never be first for one another, but she would always, always need him. She would always love him. Artorias would forever hold a piece of her heart in his paws.

Briar informed Bo that she would have to go back to the Armada and the green eyed fae's brow furrowed. She had tasted a freedom so great that she would never be able to be tied down again without going mad. Knowing that Briar didn't have that freedom was... sad. "How long until you're home with us?" This place would belong to Briar as well. This would be her home too. She was asked to care for Artorias and Bowen chuckled softly. "He doesn't have a choice in that. I'll keep him safe while you're away." Bowen didn't mind sharing her brother and she didn't mind that Briar would take the majority of his time and love. That wasn't the issue. It was working with Briar to find the balance. The antlered fae was still so unsure of the whole thing. Once she came to terms with all of it... perhaps they might even become friends.

"Bowen Carpathius"