[LOG] In Time, All Good Things

[covetouscat]

CHARACTERS: Shiraz, Nausicaa, maybe others?
WHEN: 7QJ75 / SD 797. Late in the year. December?
WHERE: Quentão, Aquavitae
SUMMARY: Almost a year after Nausy's and Marc's arrival to Quentão, Shiraz decides it's time to have a heart to heart talk.
WARNINGS: Emotional ows?

Shiraz lingered in the doorway while Nausy settled Marc down for his afternoon nap, watching the young boy with an unfiltered affection. During the course of the year, she and the redhead had butted heads a number of times, but Marc always helped the Bonded feline feel more settled. The boy had won her easily with unreserved affection, and that had gone a long way in the slow but eventual thaw of Shiraz toward his mother as well.

Now, nearly a year after their arrival, Shiraz and Nausy had reached a fairly level field, and the feline hoped very much that the conversation she was about to attempt -- one she'd debated with herself about having for weeks -- wouldn't put them back on unwelcome terrain.

"Nyaa~" she said as Nausy came out of Marc's bedroom. "Can I talk to you?"

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[halvedheart]

Nausy took a few moments to just watch her sleeping son, reaching out to gently tuck a lock of stray hair away from his face. Most people said that Marc looked a lot like her - and he had quite a sunny disposition for a three-year-old - but in moments of tranquility such as these, he strongly reminded her of Arzei.

The redhead sighed, closing her eyes. It had been years, yet he haunted her still.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she got up and headed out the room, only to be surprised to find Shiraz waiting outside.

"Hi, Shiraz," she greeted, trying to mask her surprise with a smile. "What's up?"