@groundfallen
“ DUCK! ”
Scott’s voice rings true as the claws of the Okami that seems to be devastating the forest this week. There’s constantly something new that wants to punish them -- at least it feels like a punishment. It’s TESTING her. Octavia is capable of keeping her claws to herself but when she’s threatened he knows what goes through her head and he KNOWS it’s as bad as what goes through his own.
The difference between them? He knows what happens if he does something UNTHINKABLE and it’s not worth the consequence. She knows too -- but she doesn’t always seem to care.
He grabs her wrist as the dumb creature makes a turn and he pulls them in close to each other with the knowledge that their bodies will go tumbling together down the edge of the hill. They lead the thing far enough away from town that the only scent it’ll pick up is theirs. They’ll have to wait to go back into town...but it’s worth it. It’s fine. Nothing’s dead. So it’s fine.
“ ....hi. ”
She shouldn’t look this beautiful covered in dirt and sweat from a fight.
