I got so brave

[uprisings]

Characters: Summoner and Handmaid
Setting: Stairs and then… elsewhere?????
Format: Action????
Summary: The Summoner looks at his life and his choices. The Handmaid gets an earful about it
Warnings: Romantic incompetence. Everywhere

[He should really get more in the habit of thinking before he does anything]

[This is, of course, not the first time he’s come up with this truly revolutionary new plan for his life, and indeed it will not be the last. He is nothing if not stubbornly incapable of weighing the pros and cons of a decision before slamming into it face first. Kiss first? This is really not a situation he ever thought he’d find himself in, and he is uh… quite distracted this evening, rolling back and forth between whether he is still 0kay with what all happened with the Highblood or not]

[And well… being distracted, while climbing stairs, with dat rack? Only bad things can come of this. Watch out…]

Comments

[uprisings]

[hhhhh sobs he doesn't even know why she's freaking out. PLEASE JUST... STOP... HE CAN'T RIGHT NOW]

[Reaches forward again, a little more deliberately this time, trying to take her wrists in his hands. Calm down. What do you need. Are you flipping because he touched you, or is it something else? Oh god oh god, he cannot deal with all this pity welling up in his chest, the way it stings at the holes in him. Please stop]

[entropied]

[That shocks her into looking up, though the expression on her face probably doesn't make him feel any better. For just a second, she feels a bit calmer when he grabs her wrists, and then the realization that he's actually making her feel sort of better makes her panic again and she inhales sharply.]

[uprisings]

[Oh okay OKAY JEEZ. Lets go immediately, looking utterly baffled. So clearly she doesn't want him to touch her. BUT THEN WHY ISN'T SHE LEAVING??? Oh man]

Coleta, what-- [Are you even doing??? He's so confused and hurt and lost, what is he supposed to do here!!!!]

[entropied]

[Even his nickname for her is getting to her now, and she feels an odd rush of relief and disappointment when he lets go. She cannot deal with this anymore, and so she stands up, shaking her head again before turning on her heel and booking it out of there.]

[uprisings]

[Watches her go]

[And just]

[Okay then. That was definitely a thing that just happened there]

[Once she's gone and her footsteps have vanished down the hallway, he... feels sort of suddenly empty though? All the sudden pity drains away and he's just... left on the couch, staring out the door and wondering what he did wrong. Wondering what he's going to do now. His mind turns to darker things again and...]

[God he's just. So tired suddenly]