South

The southern part of the city has a chic family-oriented sort of charm to it. Here, small locally owned shops run rampant, neighbors often know each other by name, and the monthly socials are an event not to be missed. In the South, children can often be seen safely playing in the park or on sidewalks and in the weekends, families often take to the beach to enjoy the warm waters surrounding the city.

What You'll Find Here

Ascension Center of Equitation
Hyde Park
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Outskirts
The University of Sacrosanct

Erik Tolgan

do not falter; the dark approaches


Posted on April 07, 2020 by Sorcha Northwoods
South
do not falter - the dark approaches

I could have asked to stay with Erik. I almost had after that initial loss of my business, my life, everything. It would have been easier that way perhaps, to lean on someone else, but I had been overwhelmed. Erik had looked at me with a hunger in his eyes that had nothing to do with the blood in me, though I suppose there was a level of heat for that too. It had been easy to trust him. He had shown me kindness and Adele had as well. So I had asked Erik for some time to get my life back together when I left his house, Darwin tucked in my arms purring happily.

I never thought it would have taken me this long to get back to where I was or even that I would have to work so tirelessly to achieve it. The benefactor's money had been the break I needed, the small fortune my parents having given me squandered on the last shop prior to the sacking. The truth was that despite how successful I was becoming I was lonely. For too long I have been focused on caging the darkness within me and using my potions as an outlet. Time might crawl for a vampire, but it flew for a witch. My thirtieth birthday was just around the corner and I itched to call someone... to do something... but I wasn't sure what. How did one just POP back into the life of another?

Apparently, pretty easily.

I order my food, smoothing one hand down my belly in a subconscious revelation of my hunger. I yearn for some soda to ease the slight headache brewing behind my eyes. The worker slides my food over with a friendly smile and when I turn around to look for a seat my green eyes slide across the booths, skipping back after the initially pass Erik before widening in surprise. A delighted surprise. Erik had been gracious to me despite my asking for space, despite my complete silence, despite my complete absorption in fixing myself and my mess of a life.

Even as I lock eyes with him now though I know what he is waiting for. Acknowledgement. That I hadn't forgotten him. So I smile brightly at him and approach his table, sliding into the seat opposite of him. "I hope this seat wasn't reserved for anyone else," I say blithely, still smiling as I bite down on a fry before pushing the tray slightly towards him in an offering, bypassing any sort of awkwardness. I sigh happily after a sip of my drink, easing back into my seat to get a better eyeful of Erik. He was always handsome, stuck as he was in his prime, and I wondered vaguely what he thought of me now. I had aged a little, a slight wrinkle between my brows from my constant concentration. Did I look older because of it?

"So I'm guessing you smelled the delicious grease of this place and just had to have a bite, am I right?" I grin at him playfully, knowing full well why he was seated in a burger joint that just happened to be where I was, waiting to see what he might have to say for himself, but the twinkle in my eye reveals my pleasure at his surprise visit.

witch - 30 years - healing touch/shadow immobilization
Sorcha
?dante

Replies