Shady

“… I’m just… afraid he’ll find a way in while I’m sleeping…” Ky admitted with a sigh. “I got careless and dozed off in Tomhas’s arms and then Septimus woke ...

She nodded, rubbing her face. “…and I haven’t really slept since…”

She nodded, sighing wearily. “Gods, I’m tired.”

“… I feel like I should comfort him… but I don’t know if I can be nice yet…”

“…bad…” she felt guilty.

She sighed a little. “…I guess I left Tomhas alone…”

She nodded, leaning against the arm of the couch from where she still sat beside it. “… thanks for being nice to me.”

She nodded glumly, wiping her eyes again. “Gods… I fucking hate this.”

“Except this hurts me,” she pointed out. “No doubt he’ll want to keep kicking it.”

Talia nodded in agreement. “The stew up here is super heavy though. Warms you right up.”

“I have a hard time believing that.” She wiped at her nose roughly.

“He’s not your fault.” She shrugged. “I just don’t want to know what Michael is going to do with the information.”

“Yeah,” she said sourly. “We told him to leave and he wouldn’t.”

“…I don’t know,” she admitted. “I got upset and left ‘cause I didn’t want Septimus and Gaius and War Lord Ainsley to watch me crying.” She wiped at her face.

“It means I’m not good enough for my real family.” (Bles him therapy let’s gooooo)