like icarus loved the sun
Dawn was still hours to come, the sky flowing in Caligo's colours of deep blues and purples, so dark it was easy to mistake them as black. Reichenbach lay awake next to his porcelain prince, restless despite the peace hovering over Isorath's sleeping frame. Sleep had erased all the lines of concern and worry from the kirin's elegant face.. it left him looking rather young and altogether angelic. A smile lingered in the corners of Reichenbach's roguish mouth as he appraised his lover, then he shook his dark curled head and slipped soundlessly from their bed.
He approached the window, argent eyes matching the stars watching him from above. Rhoswen would be arriving with his niece an hour after first light, and he would meet her at the pass. Sleep had escaped him for visions of a dainty limbed girl with stars and a certain wickedness in her eyes — she would be smart and fiercely loyal... and perhaps plagued by a sense of being torn between worlds. Reichenbach closed his eyes for a moment, frowning.
A sigh escaped him.
The idea that his choices effected a whole nation — more than one.. was still alien and uncomfortable. There was rarely a moment that he was not reminded of it. Still... again a smile graced him, his eyes opening to stare toward the distant mountains, today he would meet his niece.
— x —
Dawn's light touched the tips of the Mountains as he strode through them, coins jingling and curls bouncing, an electric smile upon his velveteen lips. He arrived at their meeting point early, his long lashed eyes searching the surrounding area keenly before he settled, humming a pleasant tune to himself. His telekinesis worked quietly as he hummed, producing a small string of silver coins from beneath his ebony hair, the face of each marked with the image of a blazing star. His first gift, to his first ever niece.
@Rhoswen @
