Together- Day 2
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Author's note: all these pieces are to be the events of a Christmas after rescue+their reunion, as best chronological order as I can get them, hopefully
Bound to Her- Placed during Part Four: Mending Ties
Layla
Falling asleep that night, Layla couldn't believe she was here. Her bonded. Right here, with her. For the first time in years, she suddenly felt… whole again.
Wonderingly, Layla trails her fingers against Eloise's sleeping face, brushing back loose and messy hair behind her ear. She had new scars, new pains. The leg braces had been the most jarring change, but… she was here. Alive. And Layla could breathe.
She couldn't stop looking, couldn't stop staring. It was as if she still didn't have enough of her fill, not yet.
Blue eyes open after a while, clouded with sleep. But oh, how lovely they are as they brighten looking up at her. "You should be asleep, ma belle." Eloise scolds her softly, resting their foreheads together.
Layla hums. "I think I'm already dreaming." she says quietly. Then admits, "I'm afraid if I do, you won't be here when I wake up."
A kiss on her nose makes her blush. "I'll be here," her bonded says, soft and comforting. "Promise."
As those blue eyes close yet again, it takes some time, but eventually Layla falls asleep, finally together again with her heart breathing in her arms.
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