starter, lunaxlumen
"Well, let's not stand here and think of what could have been."
She never, never thought those words would ever come out of her mouth. But standing here, staring at him, all she could think about was what was. With all of them, as Team Seven, protecting and supporting each other faultlessly. She tried to to achieve some kind of enlightenment, some childish ideal born out of the hope that if she looked at him long enough he would become the boy she knew at thirteen, instead of this stranger, this man with darkness in his soul.
So far, it hadn't worked, but she still had hope. She would always have hope.
"Let's think about things as they are now." She surmised, clasping her hands together behind her back and smiling. "We're together again, all of us. That's something to speak of."
