Sun Mote Copse time's the revelator

it was rare to find a person so unflustered by the paths taken by their comrades; arcturus gave wraen an appreciative smile as a yawn and then silence spread between them. he stifled the urge to yawn himself, but ultimately lost that short battle.

he did not feel he could tell wraen what he truly wanted; not because she was not easy to talk to, but because his thoughts were not easy to articulate: what if she rejected him, what if she did not feel the same way? what if it jeopardized the friendship they had? these thoughts often tormented arcturus, though he kept a good face around wraen.

"what would you like to do?" he put the ball back in her court -- he would follow wraen to whatever end she devised, if that was not already obvious to all that watched them.