July 08, 2023, 06:01 PM
they are tiny.
that is what rusalka first notices; followed shortly thereafter by the spiking fear that he might accidentally squish one. they appear so helpless, so fragile as they nurse against her.
three.
a girl and two boys.
he lowers to his belly, putting some space between them; hesitant to get too close for the fear that grips his ribcage and the consideration that she, as a mother, might snap at him if he drew too close.
he was the father but rusalka had seen the wounds of many fathers when they were too eager to see their newborn children.
many of those injured fathers being his half brothers. idiots, as he was wont to think of them.
the next question takes root within his mind, words fluttering to his tongue: that which they had perhaps ... not avoided but not spoken of.
that is what rusalka first notices; followed shortly thereafter by the spiking fear that he might accidentally squish one. they appear so helpless, so fragile as they nurse against her.
three.
a girl and two boys.
he lowers to his belly, putting some space between them; hesitant to get too close for the fear that grips his ribcage and the consideration that she, as a mother, might snap at him if he drew too close.
he was the father but rusalka had seen the wounds of many fathers when they were too eager to see their newborn children.
many of those injured fathers being his half brothers. idiots, as he was wont to think of them.
the next question takes root within his mind, words fluttering to his tongue: that which they had perhaps ... not avoided but not spoken of.
what are their names?
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