002. Affection - Prompt Table for Old Fashioned Word
By the time they finally all curl up together to go to sleep it’s late by anyone’s standards, and even then it’s only because Darric - sometimes their unofficial leader, only because he gets the angriest - yells at them all to shut up and lie down. He’s only annoyed though because Meryn has fallen asleep at his feet, unable to keep her eyes open any longer, and he's afraid he won't be able to protect her if anything went wrong. He’s had the back of his ankle nearly cut apart sometime last week he can’t run that well at the moment, and most certainly wouldn’t be able to carry Meryn if they were suddenly attacked. He’s unbelievably lucky he can still walk and yet he still worries that his friend - or whatever she is to him - isn’t as well protected as he’d like her to be.