37 For micro story!
defy get ready for them feels!(spoilers for All or Nothing)
Imekaari was so tired, he’d been watching over Lace since he’d found them impaled on those spikes. Yes, they saved Aurene, but they’d nearly cost their own life in the process. And how long had it really been since he’d seen them uninjured, fully healed with nothing hurting them...?
He was so lost in thought that he almost missed the movement on the bed as Lace jolted awake, laying there in a panic. “Hold on Lace, it’s okay! You’re safe now.” He reached a hand forward to gently touch their shoulder, hoping he wouldn’t need to add pressure to reassure them that he was there. But upon seeing him, they visibly relaxed. “You were pretty touch-and-go for a while there, you really need to rest up this time.”
Lace let out a groan before reaching up to run a hand through their hair. And abruptly jolting up from where they lay. Imekaari had a brief moment to realise what had happened, gently applying force to try to prevent them from sitting up too fast, and quickly speaking up, “Lace you can’t sit up right now, you’re barely held together by magic and bandages! I’ll explain the hair just lay back down please.”
They stopped moving, staying frozen in their half-raised position as they threw a distressed look towards Imekaari. Their hand was still on their head, grasping at what little foliage remained. “I will explain everything that happened. But I need you to lay back down. Please Lace, please don’t fight me on recover steps this time, I promise nothing was done that wasn’t for your own safety.”
A tense moment passed before Lace slowly sunk back down to the bed, their hand never leaving their hair as they stared at him beseechingly. Imekaari took a deep breath, “You were hit by Kralkatorrik’s blast...














