Broken Antler Fen roseblack

"magick?" teya turned the word over in her mind, thinking of lumiya. where had their fae queen gone, once the court had come apart? she held only warmth in her heart for the woman who had given her a home. and the empire; it felt long ago.
now their place was here, with wraen. 
as bridget clipped her gently, with her usual roguish grin, something curled inside teya, pink and soft. an answering glow began to light her coolwater eyes.
"i met a man," she began quietly, hesitantly. "i touch him. it feel ... odd. inside. then another day, a woman touch me. different. strong." she was meandering as best she could upon the precipice of speech. "and when you — smile, it —"
voice trailing off, desperate for her tongue to match the sentiment conveyed. she found the red-masque's eyes and held them for a desperate second.