Teddybear

"...uh-hu...." She was staring, not at the scars anymore, but at his eyes. They were glowing. There are two ways to apply this fact, the voice in her head was ...

She just stared for a beat. Two beats. She let out a frustrated sigh and ran her fingers through her curls, or tried to. They were unbrushed and messy, meaning ...

They led her past the barrier and wordlessly directed her to stand in the middle of the circle, right in the center of the largest sigil. They then raised a ...

She stared. "You're alive," she said tactlessly, unsure which of them was the dumb one she was simplifying for.

Finn offered a hand, "Come this way." Megara shook her head, "When did you become polite, Finn?" she said with some humor. He was rather content to pretend she wasn't ...

Megara didn't notice at first, simply nodded when he said he was going to take his shirt off and focused on getting herself under the covers without tearing up from ...

A minute later, the room flooded with nervous-looking students. A few of them glanced curiously at the group, but none approached them. Many of them swam over to help Finn ...

Harper jumped, eyes immediately locking on the source of the gunshot. She made a little squeaking sound at the back of her throat and clutched her grimoire to her rapidly ...

He was crying. He was crying. That fact only made her angrier. She squeezed her eyes shut, fighting off her own tears. She refused to be weak here, now. In ...

"Wonderful." As she said it, Finn returned. "The students are on their way," they said miserably, "Is there anything else you need m-" "No, Finn," Megara cut them off with ...

Was it cruel to get angry at an apology? That was the question she should have been asking when she squeezed her eyes shut, grit her teeth, and fisted her ...

Harper perked up again and swung her backpack around to the side as she spoke, "Oh! I have my grimoire with me," she said, bubbly as ever as she pulled ...

To her credit, the queen took his mocking with a hard stare, the sort of stern look one would give to a misbehaving child as they made their excuses. She ...

"Glad you see it my way," she said, flashing a false-grin, "I wasn't especially keen on making this whole situation messier than it is." She clapped her hands together suddenly ...

She froze. His words weren't processing. She resumed her work, finished it quietly. As she clipped the excess thread and packed it away, she remembered to be mad at him, ...