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lavinahudson:
It was hard to say how L was feeling, and it had been that way for quite some time now. After the war, she felt numb, and angry, and scared, for a long time. Now, she was getting better at using her art as an outlet, as she used to do. This meant that she was always about, always going, never home, or when she was, she was hardly lying around the cabin. When she woke up, it was hard to get out of bed sometimes, but getting into the hustle and bustle of the day set her right back on track.
People were a good outlet too. Blue and Rosie kept L occupied with their antics, and the way that they were fun but scary kept her both on her toes and excited for what was to come. However, once it came time for her to go back to her cabin, she had to admit that it was somewhat lonely, with most of her siblings gone, whether for good or for school, and so she tried to avoid being in there alone for tong periods of time.
The animals helped with this; she had friends that came and went, depended on her, and who were large comforts to her when she wasn’t feeling up to much of anything. Of course, only a few animals actually lived in the cabin; two dogs, and a few cats that she was fairly sure lived in another cabin half the time. Yet, pets, though she loved them, were not the same as siblings.
So when L unlocked the door and opened it, thinking that Blue or Rosie wanted to hang out; or that someone was telling her to get to the infirmary, she almost screamed out in excitement. She practically jumped the few feet forward and wrapped around her brother so tightly that, had she been any stronger, she might have broken his ribs. “Caine! Caine! Oh my gods! Caine!” She found herself able to say little more than her brother’s name, and just held him tightly, glad to have him back.
In some ways, Caine was glad he at times looked toward things less than positively at times. Though, that may have simply been because he managed to not expect the flying ball of L that quickly latched ontop him and all too quickly a warmth seeped into his skin, muscles, and pretty much every fiber of his being as he wrapped his own arms around L, swallowing down any comment he had about how hard she was squeezing him around ribs bruised from an earlier battle. Everything felt all that much better in that moment with L’s welcome, a warm smile plastered across his face and blue eyes bright his happiness and seeing his closest friend and sister. “There’s my, L.” He said excitedly while feigning lack of air to tease her, “Be careful... I might think you missed me or something.” It was weak and obvious teasing as he offered just as tight of a bear hug in return after he leaned in enough so he could lift L with the embrace momentarily before setting her back down and just allowing them to take the moment.
“I’m glad you were here... Last thing I needed was you finding out I didn’t say ‘Hi’ first.” Caine added warmly, knowing full well L wouldn’t have probably been mad, but as a sibling, it just wouldn’t do to admit just how much he’d missed having his partner in art and fighting imaginary crime.














