[for his part, Horatio looks as relieved as she is happy. he'd been expecting a scowl of mythic and epic proportions given the way she had left off her chain of messages. he's startled at the change in her, but has seen enough of them by now to take it mostly in stride. the things that matter: her eyes, her smile, the way she carries herself? those are still intact, and she can be whatever she likes as long as that's the case.
he wants to make some glib remark, some comment about how she must have missed having a fairy around pretty badly to become one ... but his relief and everything he's been carrying around since - since the portal, even - comes crashing around him and his body betrays him. he closes the distance between them fast enough that he could have blinked, and wraps his arms around her, burying his face in the soft cloud of yellow fuzz at her shoulders]
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Date: 2021-12-10 08:20 pm (UTC)he wants to make some glib remark, some comment about how she must have missed having a fairy around pretty badly to become one ... but his relief and everything he's been carrying around since - since the portal, even - comes crashing around him and his body betrays him. he closes the distance between them fast enough that he could have blinked, and wraps his arms around her, burying his face in the soft cloud of yellow fuzz at her shoulders]
I'm sorry. Shit, Celeste, I'm so fucking sorry.