faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮.
❛ i know how to do a lot of things around guys. ❜ her eyes settle on his face , just serious enough to get his attention but with the slightest mischief in them ⸺ she’s had her fair share of random hook ups since she was a late teen , and in the environment she grew up in , she learned quickly that wrapping men around your little finger was a necessary skill. still , with ed , she has to admit it feels a little different. there’s no necessity. she just enjoys teasing him and , maybe , 𝑠ℎ𝑒’𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡 … fuck , noora will kill her when she learns about this. ❛ is that a formal invitation , mr. hawke ? ❜ for a brief second , something swells in her chest. quickly , it’s replaced. never let anyone too close , not too fast , not ever. with a quiet sigh , she nods. she knows what he means. noora is always busy , and lately , with arthur , it was 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬. ❛ i’ll talk to her. she misses you , it’s just ⸺ ❜ a shake of her head. don’t spill noora’s secrets. what she hasn’t said isn’t for lee to share.
she welcomes their arrival at the food court , a good distraction from where the conversation was leading. her eyes scan the crowd before taking in the options. finally , she looks back to ed , smile on her face. ❛ what’s your favourite ? ❜
yeah, he guessed that. he can’t remember the last time sex felt that good. it took them almost no time to develop their own rhythm together, and they just meshed. he wondered if she felt the same thing too. “ i don’t know, it might be. ” he teases back, motioning for her to follow him towards his favorite place, a greek place. well, as greek as you could get at some zoo.
his face falls at the mention of noora, no matter how he tries to hide it. ed and his sister were close —— it started with their father’s death, but they grew very close after their little sister died. noora was driving the car when she died —— and apparently, bethany died on impact —— but ed knew noora never forgave herself for it. neither did their mother. as a result, noora began to depend even more on ed, the only person in their family who didn’t directly blame her for the loss of their sister, daughter, twin, friend . . . knowing that his mother and their brother, carver, felt this way towards her lay heavy on his heart, and often he wondered why he didn’t do more to help her. in his heart, he knew noora was busy with classes. but knowing she was too busy for him at times stung. “ this place is my favorite. ” ed grins, hiding his fallen face as he glances up at the sign. “ as far as zoo greek food goes, i’d say this place does the job. ”