following a spider's web

[solarpurpura]

Who: dirt-heart, vanagandr, solarpurpura
What: I'm going home.
Where: Castle Brennenburg
When: October 31st
Warnings: Grim subject matter, aka Eden's family life, mixed with fluff.

Ten days in Heda Genero's care. It is meaningless, incomparable to the punishments her own mother and sister made use of when truly incensed. They would have mocked the scientist for his meek hand,

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[dirt_heart]

[Genero had said the end of the month, which was wonderfully vague, but Kelly hadn't been willing to talk to the man anymore than he had.

He'd managed for a while to distract himself from thinking about Eden locked up in there, thrown himself into other matters, tidying up the restaurant (which hadn't needed tidying), moving Eden's extensive collection up to the castle, drinking his way through a hell of a lot of beer. But come the 30th, he couldn't distract himself anymore. Parked his car up just outside the Unnatural's reach and waited, wanted her out of there and home as quickly as possible

[vanagandr]

[ Even in this form with an Eevee curled up on his chest, Fenrir is a predator, and the sound of a creature in pain has him waking up quickly. He's careful not to let Penninah fall to the floor, tucking his arm under her as he sits up, watching Kelly with blue eyes that are too still for a human until the other man opens the door and runs off.

Prey runs. Fenrir takes a deep breath, licking his lips. Kelly isn't prey. He's pack, no matter the pain, no matter the direction he's running off in (away from him). And the running...

Eden must be back, and she is thicker in the pack than Kelly. He shakes his head, ignores any protests about his moving around on the part of Penninah, and slips outside of the car to follow with the little kit in his arms. ]

[solarpurpura]

[Even for her, it has been several years since it was Othniel and herself coming to pick Kelly Bridge up out of the streets. She might have gone on her own, if she had not been pregnant at the time, or perhaps her little brother would have had to strength to put himself forward, she won't pretend to know, but she will assert that she remembers. It is a fact that she and Kelly have looked out for one another a long time now, no matter which timeline they are plucked up from.

She knows when he's close and she pushes up on bare feet, tired and hurt and hungry, but she knows he can hold her up if she can just tumble in to him. It's strange that he should have company with him, but Eden won't complain.]

Very quick...

[dirt_heart]

[He hadn't even spared a thought for Fenrir in his rush. But that was the intent of those wires in their cruellest form - to make him compliant, obedient, answering commands with no other considerations. It was not how they were usually used on him, and so he more often saw them as a gift, but he was not completely blind. He knew how Eden's father had been brought back to the Hill.

It's a relief in more than one way to see Eden - to have the tightness in his chest slacken, and to see her whole. He doesn't wait for her to tumble, goes to support her immediately, looking her over for any damage beyond the bruising that he'd expected.]

I was waiting, round the corner.

[He glances back at Fenrir, as if finally noticing he'd been followed, and amends himself to a plural when he continues.]

We brought the car.