ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs sɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ

[impetuous]

Morgana.

[ He doesn't think she will need anything else. ]

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Gwaine

[scinlae]

[ It is, it is all that she needs to lift the heavy pressure sitting on her chest. Relief couldn't begin to express what she is feeling right now. ]

Where are you?

Morgana

[impetuous]

Outside. Walking to the castle.

Gwaine

[scinlae]

Don't move.

Morgana

[impetuous]

In case you haven't noticed, it's a bit cold!

[ But he will stay. Freezing his ass off. In the middle of the grounds.

This is love, guys. This is what love looks like. ]

[scinlae]

[ Suck it up Gwaine, she is already on the way.

It doesn't take her very long to head outside and find him, dark green cloak thrown haphazardly over her shoulders. How odd, she hadn't expected to feel such joy ever again and here she is, running over to wrap her arms around him in a tight hug.

He remembers, he remembers. He returned and he remembers. ]

[impetuous]

[ For a moment, he sees the woman who had kept him prisoner. He is clean now and dressed in clean clothes. But he still bears the half-healed bruises and cuts and scratches that came from days of being her toy.

Then she's on him and he catches her and holds her to him. He kisses her temple and hugs her tightly. ]

[scinlae]

[ They haven't escaped her notice, now she can see him clearly and not covered by fog, she thinks to ask but at the same time she knows she needn't. She knows those wounds intimately, she knows who is responsible for them.

For now she pushes them aside, the wounds and the knowledge and the questions on the tip of her tongue, focusing instead on his smell, his warmth. ]

You came back. [ She whispers, half in tears. ]

[impetuous]

[ Teasing: ] You still have something of mine.

[scinlae]

Are you asking for it back?

[impetuous]

I need it as it turns out. Feel strangely naked without it.

[scinlae]

[ She takes a step back, hesitantly letting him go to reach around and remove the chain around her neck. It feels odd no having it no longer hang there, she almost feels as naked as he does, she will simply have to find something else she thinks. ]

Here.

[impetuous]

[ He feigns surprise. ]

Oh, right. You had this too. I had almost forgot.

[scinlae]

[ She blinks, narrowing her gaze a little. ]

What is the other thing then?

[impetuous]

If I remember right, you have my heart still.

[scinlae]

[ She grins, trying very very hard not to roll her eyes. You hopeless idiot. ]

I'm afraid I cannot return that.

[impetuous]

[ He sighs heavily. Woe, what is his life. ]

I'll settle for this then.

[ He lets go of her in order to put the necklace on. Immediately, he feels better. ]

[scinlae]

[ Once it's own she reaches up, ghosting her fingers over the still heading wounds on his face. ]

You know now, don't you?

[impetuous]

[ There's no point in lying. ]

The bread wasn't all that good. Could have got a better show if you'd had cheese too.

[scinlae]

I would apologize but empty words cannot do anything to heal wounds.

[impetuous]

I'd rather not talk about it out here. [ Or anywhere. ] I'm still cold, you know. This is all Allen could give me.

...Well. All I could borrow without him knowing.

[scinlae]

[ She takes a hold of his wrist without really thinking. ]

I have a fire already stoked, come with me. [ She nods towards the castle, yeah she's actually staying in her own bloody room... for the moment anyway. ]

[impetuous]

[ He'd joke about preferring someone else's fire, but he has a feeling that won't go over well. Instead, he offers his arm gallantly. ]

Of course. Shall we, my lady?

[scinlae]

[ She takes it without hesitation, leading him into the castle, through the lobby and towards her room. The door she opens with magic and closes with it, letting go of his arm once inside.

It is only then that she realizes she has no idea where to go from here. She removes her cloak to brush the snow and mud from the edge, hanging it over on of the chairs.

Much has changed since he left and so has he. ]

[impetuous]

[ He mimics her actions, stepping up behind her to leave his cloak over hers. He touches her shoulder. ]

Come here.

[scinlae]

[ She shifts her weight, turning her face him. It feels as if all the relief and joy that had filled her chest drained away for uncertainty to twist her stomach uncomfortably. ]