@freedmfighter.
not often responsibilities are shared. young woman assuming this the reason why sleep evades her; aware he was on watch, but lost in the distant sounds of the woods around them. every snap, every rustle, it reminded her how sleep robbed her of the control she so desperately needed. eyes scan over her friends and companions, blissfully asleep in the cooled night air. sleep didn’t come easy to the warrior either way, so to place the lives of her warriors in the hands of someone she was yet to fully trust herself?
a pause. a deep breath. a sigh.
soon on her feet and wandering over to beautiful boy who seemed to belong to the trees. he looked so at ease beside the fire, calmed by the whisperings of the wind. “ want some company? ” asked in a hushed tone, tucking dark lock that’d come lose behind her ear.