#laurel miette wailing

[minarcana]

Laurel nearly put her weapon to the Exarch's throat when he kept trying to delay telling her where the twins were and how to get to them. A miserable guilt after Alisaie fainted in front of her and Laurel hadn't been able to take her hand until it was too late, made worse upon hearing that time is different here, and she hadn't been able to join Alisaie for a year.

She feels like she deserves the biting words, and they make her tear up, eyes misty, and break the last of her self-control. She hadn't grabbed Alisaie when they first saw each other, too caught in alarm by the sin eaters and knowing that it's not very cool to be a teenager with some weird warrior clinging to you and wailing, but too late for that now. Alisaie might rightfully want to smack Laurel around with her rapier, but Laurel launches herself forward and seizes Alisaie into a hug, squishing the younger girl's head against her. "I know!" Laurel is actually crying now. Only in part over Alisaie, the rest over the cumulative weight of anxiety she hasn't had the time to express. Too bad for Alisaie getting stuck experiencing the full brunt of Laurel's emotion, as she's not letting her go. "I'm sorry, I tried so hard to reach you and I've been so angry at myself for not, and thinking of you being alone wherever you ended up, and worried I wouldn't find it out soon enough, and then I do come here and the Exarch is so— I nearly strangled him, Ali!" Laurel sniffs. "He said you told him how bad the timing was, I hope you stabbed him in the cock."

She lets Alisaie go and wipes her eyes with the back of her hand. Okay, okay, she's good, not gonna bawl on Alisaie's head in public and embarrass her any more. She's good. Good! Super! Normal! "I really am sorry. I've been so scared for you, and hearing you guys have been here for a year... I came as soon as I could, I hope you can forgive me."

@minarcana said: [laurel to alisaie] ❝  i’ll always want to listen to you.  ❞

the lump in alisaie’s throat tightened. about a year had passed since she last saw her friend, whereas it must’ve felt much shorter for laurel. she nearly missed the sin eater she was targeting when her cerulean eyes first landed on her, frightened it was a cruel illusion amidst the sands of amh araeng.

perhaps alisaie still couldn’t believe it, even after reconvening with tesleen and the others. she was trembling. actually trembling ! in anger, worry, fighting off the urge to both attack and hug laurel at the same time. ‘ but you didn’t. you left after i asked you not to. ‘ that wasn’t fair, and she regretted the words as soon as they dripped out like venom. the young elezen looked away. ‘ i’m sorry. you didn’t leave. ‘