#getting restless

Stubbornly he does not turn to her, insistent on completing his task at hand despite Robin's determined hubris, was he under estimating her?

That would be a mistake..

Instead her companion tilts his head toward her no doubt ready to barate the resercher for interrupting his efforts, but the inquirious trill that escapes the alien quickly streams into a rather startled but pleased hiss as she presses her lips against the side of his neck.

His throat is warm and rough against her soft lips, she plants another open mouthdled kiss right against where the scar marred his elegant flesh.

Country life. It wasn’t that Claypool was an awful place. Or that she hated it there. It was simply that Susie found herself bored. Her time in Amnoon had been fun, for the most part, but she had been back for quite awhile now and she found that she missed her city life. Or maybe it wasn’t even the city, just excitement in general.

So she had taken to going into the town more often. But it hadn’t done much. The hustle and bustle was nothing compared to a city. There was only so much to occupy her time. So she ended up in an inn more often than not, sipping at a glass of wine or two and brooding. Not heavily, mind you. She hadn’t done that since she had gotten pregnant.

But that was how Marsden found her. She was surprised that he would, if she was truthful. After news of the divorce between him and Elle she had wondered if either of them would speak to her again. Not that... well she couldn’t shirk complete responsibility from it. She certainly had more than just one finger in that particular pie.

Seeing her old friend had been a nice mix of bittersweet. Apologies were made and accepted and he seemed to be coping. He could, at least, put on a smile and poke fun at himself. Just checking in before he was off again. Everyone off on some mission or another, she wasn’t going to go off and do anything above her own abilities, of course. There was no way she would be able to help anyone out in the thick of things but she needed to get away.

I don't want to see things so negative. But I'm not in a good mental place right now and it's hard to shut out the thought that I failed. That I failed making it on my own, like everyone said I would.