The tension in the air was thick, and quite possibly one of the most uncomfortable silences of their entire time together since they'd been on the run. However, there was also something... Different about it. There was something haunted in Dimitri's deep brown eyes that snapped Rose's heart in two just to look at. It had been there since he'd been restored, and yet, at this moment, it seemed more intense. Rose noticed it all: the way Dimitri had been even more silent, the way his jaw was tightly set, the clenched fists, the tension in his muscles. Dimitri was right next to her, and yet, he was a million miles away. Rose had never done well with silence, especially from him, but after what had happened, she almost felt afraid to speak up.
Yet when had that ever stopped her?
"Careful there. If you keep grinding your teeth, you'll end up needing dentures much sooner. You're already barely clinging onto your twenties as it is, comrade," While the brunette tried to keep her voice light in what could very well have been a feeble attempt to lighten the mood, there were unmistakeable traces of weariness and caution in her voice. Rarely she held back, especially with Dimitri (though that had admittedly changed the past few weeks) but she was still unsure of how to approach the topic of what had happened, which, the dhampir was willing to bet her entire life savings of about $20.67 that the incident with the Strigoi was what was causing Dimitri's shutdown.
@never-hesitate-comrade
