@onlybxnesleft, continued from here
The snort, incredulous, escapes him before he can think better of it, and Len sucks his bottom lip between his teeth. He’s barely fighting back a wince as he realises just how much of a JERK he must’ve sounded like. Willow hasn’t been on Earth for long, and she hasn’t had much interaction outside of the McCoys since she’d crash-landed. His face softens into something more understanding.
“‘s not so scary cus I know it’s still there, y’know?” He nods at the open window. “I can still see it. Jus’… not all of it.” A fumbling explanation but the best he can manage at the moment.
He laughs at her, and Willow can’t say that she’s surprised. Why wouldn’t he? Everyone else always has. Tallow’s eye rolls, Milo’s sharp laughs, Riddon’s annoyed huffs. Different ways of saying the same thing: shut the fuck up, Willow. You’re stupid.
And maybe she is. Maybe it is stupid that she’s shaking in the corner of some “human” ( so he claims -- she still isn’t fucking buying that story ) home, hands curled into fists, pacing like an animal locked in a cage. That’s what she fucking feels like, after all.
No sky means no dirt. No dirt means no Gate. No Gate means trapped. ( Doesn’t matter, you don’t have a Staff anyway! But Tallow’s coming back! He’s gotta. )
“Ha, yeah.” She smiles at him, face relaxed even though her body isn’t. She glances up and out the window -- a small sliver. Like a dream. Like an imagining. Not enough. “Yeah. Still there. Always there. The sky. Yup.”
“I’m, uh -- I’m gonna go take a walk, or something.” Shouldn’t be leaving the house, shouldn’t draw attention. Willow doesn’t care. “Like, outside. Under the sky. That’s like, still there. The sky thing. I’m -- I’m going.” Of course, the most logical thing for her to do is step to the window and begin to climb atop the sill.