Redhawk Caldera applesweet

quicker one here to save her from the checker - going to really try and catch her up over the weekend <3

Maia embraced her tightly as soon as Chickadee initiated, trying to savor it as she attempted to parse what her daughter was saying. It was a lot, most of it to do with the Moon packs, something Brecheliant felt leagues removed from. Everyone’s fine, she reassured her, though she made a note silently that she’d keep an eye out. It had been a rough fall; she wouldn’t say as much in front of her daughter, but they were not in a place to handle a threat like that. In fact, aside from Ceridwen, Maia was likely their foremost defense. The thought was ice down her spine.

Thankfully the subject was quick to change. Maia tried to keep her thoughts from showing, but she’d never been great at doing so, so concern pulled at the edges of her expression. He did. He said… you were going to be married?

All she wanted was her happiness, but it was so fast. What if he wasn’t who she thought he was? What if he changed his mind, or she did? And if something went wrong, she’d be there, in his home… Maia shut the train down before it could derail into chaos. She’s old enough. She doesn’t need you butting in. There was a melancholy pride in the realization.