[As she moves her arms, he shifts his hold to allow them to be free while still holding her against him. He wasn't trying to lock her entirely, just prevent her from rushing off and messing with things she shouldn't once they were there.
After she gives her promise, he shuts his eyes and breaths out. Between one moment and the next they appeared on the snow-lined shore of the island she'd seen now in both paint and plastic.
Six inches of snow covered the ground. The tree was white with frost and lacking any obvious growth, it's boughs bare and all the more sullen for it. The sky was so overcast that the grey of it blurred into the thick ice of the frozen sea and no horizon could be made out in the distance. The only thing marring the pristine image of a dead and frozen heart was the single, one-inch wide crack branching out like lighting through the icy sea. The only proof of his heart beginning to warm.
He gave her a moment to take it in before asking:]
no subject
After she gives her promise, he shuts his eyes and breaths out. Between one moment and the next they appeared on the snow-lined shore of the island she'd seen now in both paint and plastic.
Six inches of snow covered the ground. The tree was white with frost and lacking any obvious growth, it's boughs bare and all the more sullen for it. The sky was so overcast that the grey of it blurred into the thick ice of the frozen sea and no horizon could be made out in the distance. The only thing marring the pristine image of a dead and frozen heart was the single, one-inch wide crack branching out like lighting through the icy sea. The only proof of his heart beginning to warm.
He gave her a moment to take it in before asking:]
Will you be satisfied now?