𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 ·:
“is it senseless?really?” his voice is quiet, voice filled with thousands of unsaid words. unsaid feelings that had been brewing for the past six years of his life. it wasn’t just those feelings, really, it was everything.
“i HAD to change, lucie, i had to. and i hope to the angel, that you never have to change that way either, “ her innocence was more precious than gold, to him. though he couldn’t protect her from everything, he could protect her from some things. he glances down at his arm, eyes widening a little before he crosses them behind him, wishing it back to normal. no matter what, he couldn’t let her be any more worried about him. “ i already know the truth, lucie. “
his face softens, head tilting slightly, “ i miss you too.”
GAZE FOLLOWS THE SHADOWS, even if he tries to hide his arm from her. didn’t he know that just scared her more? ❝ you tell me half-truths, and expect that to be enough to convince me you’re right. ❞ holding back her words has never been a talent of hers , and it’s certainly not something she can do now. but she hears his silence ; hears the many unsaid things that will remain that way. lucie has words , james has secrets. ❝ you can’t expect me to think as you do , when you conceal so much of you. ❞
HEART ACHES, uttering those words. eyes trail to her hands , watch her fingers curl and uncurl ; avoid the gold. ❝ i hope you trust me one day, to tell me this. . . TRUTH. ❞ did he think her too weak? whatever he’d done , whatever had happened ; lucie would understand. james was the only other like her ───── what would she be without him? pale blue eyes close , and then she lets herself smile , ready to leave this MYSTERY temporarily unsolved. a sigh later , and she’s smirking.
❝ good. i need your help. can you please escort me on a . . . MISSION? ❞
