asharpertongue (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
asharpertongue) wrote2014-08-22 02:04 pm
asharpertongue) wrote2014-08-22 02:04 pm
Entry tags:
(NSFW!) What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster? (Closed: For Levi)
Hissing as she stretched, Lara put a hand on her mostly healed ribs and wandered out to the kitchen.
Osha lifted her head and scrambled to her feet, claws scritching over the floorboards as she slowed her approach, bumping gently against Lara's legs.
"I'm fine, girl." Lara said, smiling. She was, really. Physically at least. Mentally?
She walked through the lounge to the kitchen and put the coffee on, sorting through the cupboards for Osha's kibble and filling her bowl.
Lara watched the dog eat without really seeing. Her mind was still on that beach. The echoes of the power she'd tapped into there stuttered through her until she clamped down on them. She hadn't used them since then. She knew logically that it was instinct that had driven her has far afield as she'd gone but it still smarted. The pride she normally took in her control was battered and taking it's sweet time coming back together. She was left feeling...unmoored.
And then there was Levi. She'd managed to hide from him for a while. He'd refused to leave her that first night back after the rescue but beyond that he'd been busy with work and the aftermath of the accident so it'd been easy to make 'I'm recovering...I need to rest.' noises. Especially as it was true at the time, but as the days rolled on and her natural healing kicked in she began to feel the disconnect of being apart from her mate.
That want to be close to him was warring with her shame for what she'd done and making her indecisive. She hated being indecisive.
Her phone was in her hand, Levi's number dialed before she could question her actions. It was early and she wasn't sure what kind of shift he was working but she could always leave him a message if he didn't answer.
She gripped the phone tight and clenched her jaw as his voicemail message played.
"Hi...it's me. I need to see you." She said quietly after the beep. "I'm in all day. Come when you can, please?"
Hanging up, Lara looked down at Osha who was sitting looking up at her. The dog tilted her huge head at Lara and stepped closer until she was leaning heavily against her hip. Lara smiled and scratched behind Osha's ears. "Yeah - I hope he gets here soon too."
Osha lifted her head and scrambled to her feet, claws scritching over the floorboards as she slowed her approach, bumping gently against Lara's legs.
"I'm fine, girl." Lara said, smiling. She was, really. Physically at least. Mentally?
She walked through the lounge to the kitchen and put the coffee on, sorting through the cupboards for Osha's kibble and filling her bowl.
Lara watched the dog eat without really seeing. Her mind was still on that beach. The echoes of the power she'd tapped into there stuttered through her until she clamped down on them. She hadn't used them since then. She knew logically that it was instinct that had driven her has far afield as she'd gone but it still smarted. The pride she normally took in her control was battered and taking it's sweet time coming back together. She was left feeling...unmoored.
And then there was Levi. She'd managed to hide from him for a while. He'd refused to leave her that first night back after the rescue but beyond that he'd been busy with work and the aftermath of the accident so it'd been easy to make 'I'm recovering...I need to rest.' noises. Especially as it was true at the time, but as the days rolled on and her natural healing kicked in she began to feel the disconnect of being apart from her mate.
That want to be close to him was warring with her shame for what she'd done and making her indecisive. She hated being indecisive.
Her phone was in her hand, Levi's number dialed before she could question her actions. It was early and she wasn't sure what kind of shift he was working but she could always leave him a message if he didn't answer.
She gripped the phone tight and clenched her jaw as his voicemail message played.
"Hi...it's me. I need to see you." She said quietly after the beep. "I'm in all day. Come when you can, please?"
Hanging up, Lara looked down at Osha who was sitting looking up at her. The dog tilted her huge head at Lara and stepped closer until she was leaning heavily against her hip. Lara smiled and scratched behind Osha's ears. "Yeah - I hope he gets here soon too."