dont you bore us

Her ragged, staggering breaths punctuated the stillness of the night air, torn from a steady natural pace by sobs unasked for. Each one – a messenger for her overwhelming emotion – bore straight into Svetovid’s heart. When all he’d ever wanted was to keep her close and safe, his idiotic and spontaneous decision some months (or was it a whole year now?) ago had devastated her possibly more than anything could. Her reply granted him a half-measure of relief. He inhaled deeply, clutching her comforting smell close, and tightened his embrace. Steel gray eyes squeezed shut, his ears folding back slightly as he wished he could shrink the world down until it was merely the space around them.

The brute opened his eyes again a moment later, and pulled back to look at his sister. His gaze fell across her face, faintly searching for eye contact. ”I will never leave you again,” he said slowly, each word carefully enunciated. Now that they were adults, the company of another was not so necessary for survival. But this was his sister – a presence he’d missed for so long – and he would latch onto her existence and never let go if permitted. He couldn’t help but question though, what the future would hold. What would they do? Where would they go?