By @ladydracarysao3 and @long-liv-prairies
A few more months, a few more feelings. These two find themselves slipping deeper into something that they never expected.
James was furious. Well, perhaps furious was not the correct word, but whatever he was, he was feeling it furiously.
His dull training sword smashed into the training dummy over and over and over. Sweat dripped down his face, down his back - everything was drenched with salty liquid. He grunted and bashed and grunted and bashed, taking out his frustration on the stupid lifeless thing in front of him.
He tried not to think about it, he tried not to admit he was acting this way because of it, but he couldn’t help himself. His mind continually filtered back to the smile on his sister’s face. She had been glowing. And why wouldn’t she? She was getting everything that she never even knew she wanted.
She was getting everything that James always knew he wanted.
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