#writtenxbeginnings

"Liv would understand, too," he told her as he sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at her. "You don't have to save the world, you know?" His eyes narrowed slightly before he leaned one elbow on his knee. "But I got your back if you're worried about that. No one is going to hurt you. Not on my watch."

She pushed all of that aside as she quietly walked down the hall to Amanda's apartment. Noah had decided to stay with Lucy instead of coming with her to visit Amanda and the girls, and while she was disappointed, she understood. She knocked softly on the Rollins' apartment door with her free hand. In her other hand, she had takeout from Amanda's favorite Italian place with enough food to feed all three of them for a couple of meals.

If he was the big, scary-looking man she had spotted earlier before, she might have to; couldn't risk being potentially attacked by a reclusive giant, could she? Especially if she was meant to carry his children some day. And there they were again, the men discussing something not too far, and she climbed on a large planter to try to look over the plants. "Hey you!" she called, half whispering, to a man who had to be quite a handsome servant of the king, "Could you come here, quickly, please? Look at those men...!" she hopped off, pushing some of the leaves away, "You see that one, tall and shaped like a bear? Is that the King?"

"AlaE, etriel," she greeted her with a fist over her chest, her elm wood staff held in the other hand.

Regis placed a finger to his lips, his eyes glancing at the door and listening to the footsteps outside of the room. There were familiar voices from some Councilmembers asking if someone had seen the King. That they had things to discuss. When the voices and footsteps faded away, Regis gave a soft sigh. "Thank the Astrals. I thought they'd keep following me." Finally he turned his head to his wife, his hands moving to rest on her hips. "Hello, my love. Miss me?"

Carlos beamed as he opened up the door, seeing her stood there with Charlie in her arms. "Two lovely ladies at my doorstep." he commented, before stepping back to allow her to enter. "Thanks for coming over tonight, it'll be nice to have the company." Carlos had been going a little stir crazy, being home alone on leave following the Keyes incident, so having his good friend over for some dinner was a blessing.

Haley was definitely one of those moms who worried about their children a lot, but he was that way too, about them. Jamie had gotten kidnapped so many times as a kid, and he was so protective of Lydia. "Nah, she's okay. She's tough. She's not just a Scott girl but a James girl too. It will take more than that to break her." He pressed a kiss to her forehead. "It's not as bad as when Jamie jumped off the house into the pool. Remember how you almost killed him and me?"

               stepping   out   of   his   office,   he   had   a   file   in   hand.      the   last   remnants   of   paper   work   completed   for   this   last   case,   he   was   ready   to   turn   in.      he   wouldn’t   be,   as   the   team   had   decided   it   was   a   great   night   to   go   out   together   to   let   loose   and   blow   off   steam.      aaron   wasn’t   much   for   letting   loose,   especially   after   haley   died,   but   he   did   enjoy   spending   time   with   the   team   outside   of   the   office.      as   he   descends   the   couple   steps   into   the   bullpen,   he’s   suddenly   struck   by   hard   plastic.      ❝   what   —   ❞      looking   down   at   the   ground,   he   sees   a   familiar   little   black   cylinder.      picking   it   up,   his   gaze   shifts   to   reid’s   desk   where   the   girls   desperately   try   to   disperse,   leaving   the   youngest   member   frozen   in   place.      ❝   seriously   reid?      physics   magic,   again?   ❞