Noah yells and flinches, bringing his arms up over his head at the blast of cold. At the same time he feels Cameron’s hand slip from his shoulder, leaving an immediate sense of bereftness. The sound of the foliage rustling and furniture rattling in the gust rings in his ears. Damn it, he was hoping they could just talk this over-
And then of course he hears Cameron, speaking almost as cheerfully as if this was just an everyday meeting.
“Oh, it’s you! Sorry I didn’t say hello but-”
Noah lowers his arms just enough to squint at his cousin from behind his own swishing hair. Cameron’s smiling, utterly serene except for the alarming death grip he has on the spellbook that seems equally determined to shoot upwards.
Noah’s stomach lurches. “Cameron-!” he tries saying, but Cameron is still ignoring him in favor of wrestling with the Host.
“I didn’t-”
Noah tries again: “Cameron, what are you doing?”
“See you-!” Without sparing his cousin a glance, Cameron adds. “Noah, I’m a little busy right now!”
And all Noah can do is stand uselessly on the wayside, torn between the instinct to help Cameron and his feeling that doing so would be a terrible idea.
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Date: 2019-01-21 07:41 pm (UTC)And then of course he hears Cameron, speaking almost as cheerfully as if this was just an everyday meeting.
“Oh, it’s you! Sorry I didn’t say hello but-”
Noah lowers his arms just enough to squint at his cousin from behind his own swishing hair. Cameron’s smiling, utterly serene except for the alarming death grip he has on the spellbook that seems equally determined to shoot upwards.
Noah’s stomach lurches. “Cameron-!” he tries saying, but Cameron is still ignoring him in favor of wrestling with the Host.
“I didn’t-”
Noah tries again: “Cameron, what are you doing?”
“See you-!” Without sparing his cousin a glance, Cameron adds. “Noah, I’m a little busy right now!”
And all Noah can do is stand uselessly on the wayside, torn between the instinct to help Cameron and his feeling that doing so would be a terrible idea.