some time after the announcement yes. with @silverostro
How unnatural, how unnerving: her brisk strides, her struggle to keep her face in check. If only she could do this over the phone again. It’s one thing to manage the steadiness of her voice and it’s another to handle the physicality of... whatever this is, all this emotion that lurks under the surface. Over time she has unlearned how vulnerability inhabits the body; now she only has her unpracticed, cowardly heart to blame.
Aven considers taking a few moments to breathe. But there’s really no point in turning back when she’s already in Three’s train car. She clears her throat and starts talking before her nerves get the best of her. “Ostro.” Aven’s eyes land on them. Her tunnel vision keeps her from noticing anyone else. “May I have a moment?”











