Freya was only half listening to what Adam was saying. She heard the steady drum of his heartbeat and the rhythm of his breath. Every detail that she'd tried to remember since he'd left the islands. After a moment she spoke, her voice muffled, Freya didn't want to pull away or loosen her hold on him.
She didn't want him to vanish again.
"You left. I went looking when you didn't come to my birthday. I knew that something was wrong. I didn't know where you went. You've been gone for the last month. I've missed you so much." There was pain in her voice, the sort of weakness that she wouldn't have admitted a few weeks before. She didn't have that many people she was close too. Adam was the first. He was someone that she couldn't ever forget.
"You're not allow to leave again. I'm not letting you go." Now she just sounded childish but Freya gave no fucks.
It was fine by him if she wasn't entirely listening; he didn't really know what he was saying, anyway. It was just babble, something to get him to settle back into reality. Talking made it more real; it grounded him. So did focusing on everything around him, he realised; so he did that. He focused on the way she had latched onto him, arms tight around his shoulders, her everything pressed against him. He wasn't even sure her feet were on the ground anymore, and that was okay.
He missed her too, he decided. It was sort of an inexplicable dull ache in his chest, somewhere behind his ribs, in one of those most tender bits of him. The ribs were there to protect it, but that hadn't stopped her from worming her way under there anyway.
"I didn't want to miss it. I wanted to surprise you with that gift, and then-" He trailed off quietly, exhaling softly. So rarely did people tell him they missed him. Briefly, he found it hard to breathe. "I'm not going anywhere. Or if I do, I'll give you warning - you can come with next time. Instead of us meeting up like this." As a surprise, unexpected.
Her toes just barely brushed against the ground. It was enough to keep herself balanced and her arms held tightly around him but the moment he moved would be the moment she was just hanging on him.
"I still have it. I haven't stopped wearing it." It was one of the few things that came with her from Medietas. "I found it when I went to look for you. It's how I knew you were gone." Her voice choked a bit but she steadied herself. He was here now and that's all that mattered.
Freya felt the knot in her chest loosened some. A soft laugh escaped her lips and she nuzzled against his collar bone. "Damn straight. If you go anywhere you need to take me with you, or else I'll find you and kick you instead of hug you."
She was happy. It was nice, actually, how much she'd missed him. He'd worried, of course, that he'd be forgotten, that life would move on; he had come to terms with it in the few moments he had alone, when he remembered.
"Good," he mumbled quietly, a faint smile curving his lips. "I'm sorry you found it that way, but I'm glad you found it anyway." At least it hadn't just sat there, untouched and ignored. He didn't have enough customers or clients back at the shop for someone to notice his immediate disappearance, anyway.
He tipped his head a little to one side, resting his cheek against her hair as she nuzzled against him. "I'd like to avoid getting kicked, thanks. But now I know. Can't misstep if I know what to avoid, right?
Freya feared the same thing; to be forgotten. She'd never forget Adam and she wore the belt everyday to remind her. Even here she'd never forget those she knew in Medietas because it was in her memories that people could live on.
After a few moments Freya moved her chin to look up at Adam. "I went looking for you. I would have found it no matter where it was." Since it was the last thing that he'd been touching before placing it down, it was there that his scent had been strongest.
"I'll find other reasons to kick you." Her voice slowly became less tense and she began to tease him. Just happy that he was here. "Yeah, we probably should." She slowly dropped herself back to the ground but kept her arms resting gently on his chest.
"I always forget how tall you are." Freya wasn't short, she was fun sized.
"Good," he murmured, glad that she'd have managed. He thought she would have; of course, he'd have preferred giving it to her with his own two hands, so he could see the look on her face when she got it, but this was a good secondary option. He'd take it. He never thought he'd see her again: it was all gravy from here.
So when Adam chuckled, it was soft and relieved and weirdly reassured. Even he hesitated to let her go immediately, instead lowering her down to the ground and holding her still, almost as though he refused to let go entirely. "Yeah? Maybe it's a good thing you showed up when you did, then. Before you started thinking of me as short or something."
Freya felt his laughter shake threw them both. It brought an easy smile to her lips. Her light storm gray eyes shined brightly up at him as if the two of them were sharing a silent secret.
"I generally thing that everyone is bigger than me." Her tone was light and teasing. "But I'm glad I didn't forget. I don't like short guys." Freya stuck out her tongue momentarily to show her obvious distaste for those who are shorter than her. She was at a height that she expected most of the world to be taller.
Her hands stayed on him as well and as much as she enjoyed touching Adam and being close to him, it didn't seem all that productive. She wondered if she could embarrass him. "If you want to keep holding me we can go back to your place. Or we can keep standing here. I don't really mind either." Her tone was suggestive but light and easy. Teasing was fun and Adam was always a good sport.
She'd never forget the sight of his legs on Halloween.
"Good thing I'm not, then," he said, the words somewhat weighted. Coming fast on the heels of that look, that shining warmth that they shared and the hug, there was no doubt what he might have intended.
Her ideas fit into his own, somewhat. She always had a more teasing tone about her, regardless of what it was, and Adam had always kind of loved that; she made him laugh more often than most people he knew. Even still, it always surprised him, like he didn't quite expect it until it happened. He didn't think he'd ever get used to it.
So his chuckle now was light and surprised, his eyebrows creeping slightly upward. "What, no exhibitionism for you?" A beat; only a beat. It was almost remarkable how quick he was to agree: "Sure. Let's go back to mine. It's not far."
Freya lifted her shoulder sin a tiny hint of a shrug. She couldn't do more since she was all but hanging off of Adam with her arms looped around his neck. "Like I said, I don't mind." Her voice was light and flirting as she slowly released her arms. Her palms traveled down his shoulders and then came to rest on his biceps.
"But I'm okay with your place too." A low amused laugh rumbled through her chest. "You have to put me down first."
He was still hugging her, holding her a few inches off of the ground. She could probably wiggle free of his arms but Freya didn't want to pass up the moment that easily. They were in a stalemate, both a little reluctant to let the other go. Even now, Freya kept her hands on him, as if he'd disappear if she stopped touching him.
"Unless you want to carry me all the way to your house. I'm good with that too."
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Date: 2017-01-12 08:50 pm (UTC)She didn't want him to vanish again.
"You left. I went looking when you didn't come to my birthday. I knew that something was wrong. I didn't know where you went. You've been gone for the last month. I've missed you so much." There was pain in her voice, the sort of weakness that she wouldn't have admitted a few weeks before. She didn't have that many people she was close too. Adam was the first. He was someone that she couldn't ever forget.
"You're not allow to leave again. I'm not letting you go." Now she just sounded childish but Freya gave no fucks.
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Date: 2017-01-12 09:22 pm (UTC)He missed her too, he decided. It was sort of an inexplicable dull ache in his chest, somewhere behind his ribs, in one of those most tender bits of him. The ribs were there to protect it, but that hadn't stopped her from worming her way under there anyway.
"I didn't want to miss it. I wanted to surprise you with that gift, and then-" He trailed off quietly, exhaling softly. So rarely did people tell him they missed him. Briefly, he found it hard to breathe. "I'm not going anywhere. Or if I do, I'll give you warning - you can come with next time. Instead of us meeting up like this." As a surprise, unexpected.
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Date: 2017-01-12 09:35 pm (UTC)"I still have it. I haven't stopped wearing it." It was one of the few things that came with her from Medietas. "I found it when I went to look for you. It's how I knew you were gone." Her voice choked a bit but she steadied herself. He was here now and that's all that mattered.
Freya felt the knot in her chest loosened some. A soft laugh escaped her lips and she nuzzled against his collar bone. "Damn straight. If you go anywhere you need to take me with you, or else I'll find you and kick you instead of hug you."
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Date: 2017-01-23 01:33 am (UTC)"Good," he mumbled quietly, a faint smile curving his lips. "I'm sorry you found it that way, but I'm glad you found it anyway." At least it hadn't just sat there, untouched and ignored. He didn't have enough customers or clients back at the shop for someone to notice his immediate disappearance, anyway.
He tipped his head a little to one side, resting his cheek against her hair as she nuzzled against him. "I'd like to avoid getting kicked, thanks. But now I know. Can't misstep if I know what to avoid, right?
"You want to get out of here?"
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Date: 2017-01-23 07:43 pm (UTC)After a few moments Freya moved her chin to look up at Adam. "I went looking for you. I would have found it no matter where it was." Since it was the last thing that he'd been touching before placing it down, it was there that his scent had been strongest.
"I'll find other reasons to kick you." Her voice slowly became less tense and she began to tease him. Just happy that he was here. "Yeah, we probably should." She slowly dropped herself back to the ground but kept her arms resting gently on his chest.
"I always forget how tall you are." Freya wasn't short, she was fun sized.
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Date: 2017-03-20 09:18 pm (UTC)So when Adam chuckled, it was soft and relieved and weirdly reassured. Even he hesitated to let her go immediately, instead lowering her down to the ground and holding her still, almost as though he refused to let go entirely. "Yeah? Maybe it's a good thing you showed up when you did, then. Before you started thinking of me as short or something."
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Date: 2017-03-22 02:27 pm (UTC)"I generally thing that everyone is bigger than me." Her tone was light and teasing. "But I'm glad I didn't forget. I don't like short guys." Freya stuck out her tongue momentarily to show her obvious distaste for those who are shorter than her. She was at a height that she expected most of the world to be taller.
Her hands stayed on him as well and as much as she enjoyed touching Adam and being close to him, it didn't seem all that productive. She wondered if she could embarrass him. "If you want to keep holding me we can go back to your place. Or we can keep standing here. I don't really mind either." Her tone was suggestive but light and easy. Teasing was fun and Adam was always a good sport.
She'd never forget the sight of his legs on Halloween.
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Date: 2018-07-13 06:33 pm (UTC)Her ideas fit into his own, somewhat. She always had a more teasing tone about her, regardless of what it was, and Adam had always kind of loved that; she made him laugh more often than most people he knew. Even still, it always surprised him, like he didn't quite expect it until it happened. He didn't think he'd ever get used to it.
So his chuckle now was light and surprised, his eyebrows creeping slightly upward. "What, no exhibitionism for you?" A beat; only a beat. It was almost remarkable how quick he was to agree: "Sure. Let's go back to mine. It's not far."
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Date: 2018-07-13 10:49 pm (UTC)"But I'm okay with your place too." A low amused laugh rumbled through her chest. "You have to put me down first."
He was still hugging her, holding her a few inches off of the ground. She could probably wiggle free of his arms but Freya didn't want to pass up the moment that easily. They were in a stalemate, both a little reluctant to let the other go. Even now, Freya kept her hands on him, as if he'd disappear if she stopped touching him.
"Unless you want to carry me all the way to your house. I'm good with that too."