HE'D LOOKED DOWN BY COMPLETE CHANCE, as if a small voice had told him exactly when to lean over the side of the basket to fasten a rope. at that moment, a shock of familiar red hair caught his eye: red hair he hadn't seen in...years?? maybe longer. well before he'd won the balloon and became a proper prince of the skies. their last interaction had ended badly -- him, neck deep in a bottle of vodka, snarling insults at his dear friend he didn't even mean. god, he'd been so mean.
well, he muses, leaning over even further, never to late for an apology.
" lark?! " he calls, waving frantically with a giant smile on his face. at his side, hester shakes her little head.
" you think she wants to talk to you? " she asks, placing her paws on the edge of the gondola to look over as well. lee can only shrug.
" only one way t' find out, hester. "
@princguard // once upon a time in the north era











