#tizdea

... They left the building empty-handed. No Agnès, no Kaiser, no nothing.

Yew led the way back to Eternia, tossing ideas back and forth with Magnolia on how to cross the vast ocean between Gathelatio and Harena. Their chatter faded to murmurs in her ears, and she sighed, letting her eyes wander to Tiz. He hadn't spoken a word to her once the Skyhold had taken off.

His frown was a jarring contrast to the picture of him she had treasured in her mind. She wanted to remember the Tiz who was always smiling, always ready to help out where he could. She did not want to look at the person who was once full of life, trapped inside a metal heart, strapped to wires and tubes and-

Her eyelids shut together tightly. Nope, not now. Just don't think about it.

She looked at the man again (he seemed older, more mature - but it could be the longer hair playing tricks on her), and decided a frown didn't suit him. So she lightly tugged on his sleeve, just enough to get his attention.

Tiz turned to her, and those eyes, those eyes-

Within a fraction of a second, she remembered them. She knew once again what they looked like, and why she fell in love with them. A thousand beautiful shades of brown, all intense and welcoming as they swirled into a whirlpool of raw emotion.

And she? She was a woman willing to drown.

Leaving his eyes be, she focused on what was really important: turning that frown upside down. She glanced at the two walking ahead of them, and said: ''... I know what would make you feel better.''

With vigour, Edea scooped up handfuls of snow and packed it into a ball, ignoring the confused expression Tiz gave her. She looked back at him - and with just one motion of her head towards Yew and Magnolia, a smile appeared on his lips.

The snowball left her hand, travelled in a graceful arch through the sky, and hit a bewildered Yew right in the neck. But, even though an all-out snow war began as a result, it was worth it. The two children, turned hard from the cruel world around them, had been found again, if only for a moment.