It could have been a million years ago. That doesn't mean it stops hurting.
[ Some aches never go away, and Hermione knows that. Guilt gnaws at her heart, making her stomach twist with pain as she tries to contain herself, to hold her own emotions at bay. She had let her best friend die and, in return, she had taken a life. It brought her tally higher and higher and for someone like her, someone who struggled to hurt anyone, be it by word or deed, save in intense moments of anger... It was almost too much for her to handle.
It's easier, than, to move and shift to lean against Caster, to bask in her warmth and the feeling of being safe, of being protected. They had said, after all, that they would take care of each other. No one was going to hurt them when they were together - or when they were apart, their minds and power linked through a bond that she doesn't think anyone else on the fleet could understand.
Carefully, Hermione offers an open arm, shifting closer, allowing Caster the choice to cuddle into her or just have the loose hold the two of them share. ]
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[ Some aches never go away, and Hermione knows that. Guilt gnaws at her heart, making her stomach twist with pain as she tries to contain herself, to hold her own emotions at bay. She had let her best friend die and, in return, she had taken a life. It brought her tally higher and higher and for someone like her, someone who struggled to hurt anyone, be it by word or deed, save in intense moments of anger... It was almost too much for her to handle.
It's easier, than, to move and shift to lean against Caster, to bask in her warmth and the feeling of being safe, of being protected. They had said, after all, that they would take care of each other. No one was going to hurt them when they were together - or when they were apart, their minds and power linked through a bond that she doesn't think anyone else on the fleet could understand.
Carefully, Hermione offers an open arm, shifting closer, allowing Caster the choice to cuddle into her or just have the loose hold the two of them share. ]