wake up your sleepy head 乂 new house + flower prompt

[merlin]

embrace my lungs -

the peace of mind that she was afforded and the warm beams of sun carressing her fur were all but enough to cause her to drift off again. though, she was aware of the other tailing her a distance back, she wouldn't be a knight if she couldn't tell that she was being followed. as she laid there, paws tucked under her body and her tail covering her side and tucked close, eyes half-lidded as she simply existed in the moment. it felt good, everything considered. this was as close as she felt that she might ever make it to paradise, her work simply wasn't done and while the peace was what she craved, paradise was not something that she rightfully felt that she could claim for herself. but it wasn't so wrong to indulge in the memories of a time she had lost, of the laughing and smiling faces of children sticked by honeys and jams, bread crumbs caught in their fur and hair. she could imagine them here, the children that were her most beloved siblings, racing through the flowers and enjoying themselves. would ... would she ever see that sight again? would she ever have her own family to raise here and watch grow?

coughing overtook her again, shoulders shaking as she tried to recapture her breath. fur ruffled along her body, she would cast her gaze back to christian once the fit had passed. she must have woken the pup earlier on, she didn't mind the silent companionship, nor did she mind the presence of a child in the land between memory and reality. wiping her mouth free of blood-spotted speckle, she would smile at him after wiping it off in the grass, calling out to him, "you don't have to stay far away, little one. i don't bite hard.", she chuckled, ears swiveling backwards momentarily as her body shook with another coughing fit. lords help her, she hated this roughness in her throat, what she wouldn't give for atbash's honey tea.

she wasn't aware that the child had taken it upon himself to guard her, but she would appreciate it, all things considered. if she protected everyone, who protected her? she would never have thought of it like that, nor would she have ever thought of herself being so small in so large a world. thoughts like that often led to agony and grief, the tantalizing taste of the bottle rich in the back of her mouth at those times. no, for now, all she wanted was the peace that she was afforded in these moments. peace was found and lost just as quickly. ximen's death was just another marring in the peace, but she would give her all to protect it, even in her moments of weakness such as now. "I will let you know though, I .. haven't spoken German before. I only know a little, from my travels."

- your breath i keep

teef