Owen had a knack for sleeping through noise. He was only in a half-roused state when she sat up. The sudden loss of her body against his was what pulled him that last little bit into consciousness. “Hm?” He hummed the question at her while his mind worked to process the question she asked him. He rolled on to his back and stretched languidly before he realized what she wanted.
Owen rooted around for the lost fabric and found it tangled in the sheets. He sat up behind her pressing his chest against her back. The mechanical arm fell over her shoulder, just like the arm in her dream. To deliver the bandana to her. He stayed at her back not wanting to pry and stare at what she clearly wanted to hide from him.
He understood.
“I’ll go figure out where Darcy is this morning and get those specs. We can meet in your shop, hm?” He had dipped his head to rest his mouth against her shoulder and his lips brushed her skin while he spoke. He didn’t kiss her there, though he wanted to.
Owen pulled away and scooted off the bed. He splashed water from the basin on to his face and used some to comb his unruly hair into order over his forehead. He pulled the same dirty clothes back on his body and walked over to that horse that had guarded them loyally all night.
“May I take this?” He asked turning to her with the toy in his hands. “She might like it for the ride back.” He seemed so confident in his ability to return her daughter. When Owen put his mind to something, he entertained few possibilities of failure. He had a reward to gather, sure, but he wanted to do this. For her.
He wanted to bring back the child that liked broken toys to the mother that liked broken men.
Owen rooted around for the lost fabric and found it tangled in the sheets. He sat up behind her pressing his chest against her back. The mechanical arm fell over her shoulder, just like the arm in her dream. To deliver the bandana to her. He stayed at her back not wanting to pry and stare at what she clearly wanted to hide from him.
He understood.
“I’ll go figure out where Darcy is this morning and get those specs. We can meet in your shop, hm?” He had dipped his head to rest his mouth against her shoulder and his lips brushed her skin while he spoke. He didn’t kiss her there, though he wanted to.
Owen pulled away and scooted off the bed. He splashed water from the basin on to his face and used some to comb his unruly hair into order over his forehead. He pulled the same dirty clothes back on his body and walked over to that horse that had guarded them loyally all night.
“May I take this?” He asked turning to her with the toy in his hands. “She might like it for the ride back.” He seemed so confident in his ability to return her daughter. When Owen put his mind to something, he entertained few possibilities of failure. He had a reward to gather, sure, but he wanted to do this. For her.
He wanted to bring back the child that liked broken toys to the mother that liked broken men.
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