Carina

Evaline kept going, not wanting to leave long pauses in the story. She focused on applying the salve, drawing slow little circles in a gentle and rhythmic manner, periodically dipping ...

"Right. In the story," she repeated quietly, setting his arm on top of her lap as she took out a clean rag and then dabbed off any sweat or moisture, ...

Elias smirked. "Are you really wrestling with me? And would rather do that than to admit I give nice hugs?"

Although Evaline had prepared for this conversation while rethinking everything this morning, she still felt nervous. The anxiety started to pool in again, and she paused for far too long ...

Elias laughed, patting her back. "You're pretty stubborn, you know that?" he said, loosening his grip around her, but not pulling back until she pulled back first. "Okay, so tell ...

"I'll take sweating over bleeding," Evaline said with a smile, and then inched closer to James. Visually, she could tell that some of the bandages looked like it could be ...

Elias pulled Jerica in snugly, relishing the hug. It has been so long since he was able to give a hug and have them appreciate it. Even in his drunken ...

Evaline nodded, relieved. She didn't know what she would do if James wanted to know now. She didn't think she'd slip back again explaining it since she was recounting a ...

Elias groaned once more, getting up on his knees but then took Jerica's hand to get up. It was like getting pulled up out of a hole when getting buried ...

Evaline focused on dabbing the areas on his beard and mustache that she remembered had jam on it, but really she was trying to think of what to say. Of ...

Elias groaned, but then sat up and got on his feet. "Just wait," he said, rubbing his head. "That was just my warm up." The sky felt like it was ...

Does sound nice. Not was nice. Because he didn't remember any of it. And yet, it sounded nice, like it was something he desired. ... She wondered if it was ...

Elias grinned and nodded, then closed his eyes to try to focus, steadying his feet and legs. Back in the day, he used to easily do backflips and was also ...

"I've been told I give great hugs," Elias said with a shrug, and then got up on his feet. It was a lot harder than he thought since the ground ...

Evaline finally looked up at him and noticed that his face was indeed beet red. For a second, she grew concerned that the extra heat to his face would make ...