THEY ARRIVE MUCH LATER THAN INTENDED ( not that they try particularly hard to keep to a schedule in the first place ) and when the magic settles and the shop lays down its roots, wren finds sunset, fiery and wild, against the seattle skyline. the oranges, reds and pinks bleed into each other above a muted horizon and if they didn’t know any better, they’d think it was paint splashed across a wide canvas, the strokes of color almost too smooth, too real to be untamed.
yet here they are, unfurled across the sky by no one’s will but their own. the sight of it is something all-encompassing and wren’s usually busy mind hushes ( even if just slightly ) before its sway ---- they’re absolutely taken.
it’s quite beautiful, zara cuts in from her usual perch, putting words to the emotion swelling in her witch’s chest as she often does. will we stay long? with thoughts occupied and emeralds steady, wren’s answer doesn’t come quickly ; rather, the words are languid, a half-present who knows before they’ve turned on their heel to reach for their coat.
they never could sit still for long.
no elaboration or explanation, it’s an ominous statement on zara’s part ---- enough to have wren stilling in their tracks with charcoal-stained fingers slack about the doorknob. but that’s all the familiar gets out of them before they’re adjusting their coat over hunched shoulders and stepping into the city, lips curled in a knowing smile.
as if they hadn’t felt him already.