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[balancedlight]

Who: Svetlana and Open + a prompt for Fraser
What: Venturing forth and also dealing with April shenanigans!
When: April catch-all!
Where: Milton, then the path up to and including Lakeside. See prompts in post!

Content Warnings: Nothing as of yet; will update!

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[desperate_times_right]

“Yeah. I don't see them so much now that they’ve got their boring adult lives, but some bonds can't be broken.” After carrying a woman’s bleeding body through a collapsing city there's always something between you, she thinks.

[balancedlight]

"Boring adult lives." She sighs, watching the table for a long moment. "I wish I could have that now."

[desperate_times_right]

"I dunno. I think being married might kill me." Other people seem to like it, though. Maybe it's Svetlana's kind of thing.

[balancedlight]

She laughs, blushing. "I always thought the opposite. But I have - that isn't something I can do." People don't marry sorceresses. Not ones like her.

"I read the stories and books and wanted something like that. A romance."

[desperate_times_right]

Chloe tilts her head, studying the other woman for a moment. She knows there are things she's not saying, but it's hard to imagine her having a secret so terrible it would drive everyone away.

“Their loss. Anyone would be lucky to have you, I think.”

[balancedlight]

Her cheeks blush red and she clears her throat. "That's kind of you to say," she tells her with a smile. "Do you - want to take some of this with you? You can reheat it on the fire if you need to."

[desperate_times_right]

Ah, adorable.

“Oh yeah, sure.” Chloe won't say no to free food at this point. “Do you have anything to put it in?”

[balancedlight]

"I do!" she chirps, standing and finding a cup with a screw on lid she had discovered in the mines on her way over.

She fills it as much as she can, making sure the vegetables are there, and hands it over to her.

[desperate_times_right]

“Thank you. I'll think of you when I warm it up later.” Chloe stands, with the warm cup held between her hands. “I should probably get back out there. It was great to see you.”

[balancedlight]

"I hope you do. Stay warm, my friend!" she calls out with a smile.