Ren stared in open awe at... just... everything. The scene was beyond what she could have imagined, and far beyond anything she'd ever seen before. She'd never seen Gareth look like this. Happy. She thought back to his cabin in the woods, gardens and flowers and chickens and a goat with a great big bow, and swallowed. No wonder he hadn't wanted her there. She'd ruined it just by being there, with Byron, and she was worried she'd ruin this just by watching. She leaned back against the King, letting him wrap his arms around her and nuzzle into her hair, hoping they'd look like a pair of neckers to anyone who happened to glance up.
"You're right," she agreed seriously. "He can't see us." Not least of all because tomorrow, he'd wake up to her gone and a very shitty day at work. But after that shitty day, there would be better ones, ones more like this and less like the ones she gave him.
Her eyes traced over the trebuchets, awe and jealousy. Was this how the elves lived? She was an idiot for turning it down; she knew that now more than ever. "That's incredible," she said, timed so the King might think her talking about the carvings in his fault, although to be true she was jealous of those too. She had nothing of his and nothing of the King's and nothing of hers. It would be like she was never here.
She could absolutely see why everyone loved him, and it was with dawning horror that she realized she was someone. The sensation made her breath catch in her throat, watching as he tossed an elven woman in the air and laughed.
"If I lived to be a hundred," she told the King, knowing she certainly wouldn't. "I'd never understand what he's doin' in a prison dealin' with idiots like me."
Bridget rolled her eyes at Gareth, grinning despite herself. She could understand Mary's joy of being tossed. Everyone loved to fly, and she'd been on the receiving end of more than her fare share of throws. Sometimes he'd grab her legs and spin, building up speed because they both knew she'd survive. It was whatever she hit that'd be destroyed.
"Like there's any other choice," Bridget joked, laughing. At the fair, you danced til you couldn't breathe and ate til you couldn't stomach another bite and then drank more on top of it. It was pure excess, and there was nothing like it. She'd never understand how other people got through the year without it.
Cliff bounced against her, and her feet were already moving. They probably had been the whole time. Who could hold still?
"Today, Sir Gareth," she said cheerfully, with a challenging grin right back at him. "I'm gonna dance you under the table, drink you under the table, and wrestle you under the table, and one or both of us is gettin' tossed into the river." It would be her. It was always her, and it was normally because she'd tried to crawl into his trebuchet. In truth, he could dance better and she could drink better and the wrestling was a toss up every year, which was why they did it.
"You're right," she agreed seriously. "He can't see us." Not least of all because tomorrow, he'd wake up to her gone and a very shitty day at work. But after that shitty day, there would be better ones, ones more like this and less like the ones she gave him.
Her eyes traced over the trebuchets, awe and jealousy. Was this how the elves lived? She was an idiot for turning it down; she knew that now more than ever. "That's incredible," she said, timed so the King might think her talking about the carvings in his fault, although to be true she was jealous of those too. She had nothing of his and nothing of the King's and nothing of hers. It would be like she was never here.
She could absolutely see why everyone loved him, and it was with dawning horror that she realized she was someone. The sensation made her breath catch in her throat, watching as he tossed an elven woman in the air and laughed.
"If I lived to be a hundred," she told the King, knowing she certainly wouldn't. "I'd never understand what he's doin' in a prison dealin' with idiots like me."
Bridget rolled her eyes at Gareth, grinning despite herself. She could understand Mary's joy of being tossed. Everyone loved to fly, and she'd been on the receiving end of more than her fare share of throws. Sometimes he'd grab her legs and spin, building up speed because they both knew she'd survive. It was whatever she hit that'd be destroyed.
"Like there's any other choice," Bridget joked, laughing. At the fair, you danced til you couldn't breathe and ate til you couldn't stomach another bite and then drank more on top of it. It was pure excess, and there was nothing like it. She'd never understand how other people got through the year without it.
Cliff bounced against her, and her feet were already moving. They probably had been the whole time. Who could hold still?
"Today, Sir Gareth," she said cheerfully, with a challenging grin right back at him. "I'm gonna dance you under the table, drink you under the table, and wrestle you under the table, and one or both of us is gettin' tossed into the river." It would be her. It was always her, and it was normally because she'd tried to crawl into his trebuchet. In truth, he could dance better and she could drink better and the wrestling was a toss up every year, which was why they did it.
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