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She continued using the fishtail as a fidget toy, more absently now as she listened to everything Glaukos had to say. It was the most he’d spoken since they’d met a few weeks ago. Javelina hung on every word, and not just because his smoky voice appealed to her so much right now.

When he was finished, she simply smiled and said, Okay.

She let that sit between them for a moment. Of course there was more to say, though she mulled about it for a few moments. Her eyes dropped to fix on the fishtail as she ran it between each of her black toes.

Speaking of the past, I ignored mine completely for the past two years, she shared, raising her eyes to Glaukos’s face, then to their surroundings, so familiar even after all this time. I’m glad I’m home but I’d still rather look forward than back, you know? We could build a future here.

As soon as the words left her mouth, Javelina’s nose wrinkled. She laughed. It was a cheesy thing to say but the sentiment was genuine. She didn’t have any particular expectations of Glaukos but she could definitely work with, “I’ll stay.”

As she thought of how to broach the next topic, the Basilisk found herself laughing as she told him, I used to dislike kids. And men, for that matter. She caught his eye, smiling. Now look at me…