Same old story [Talen]

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It was getting colder with December approaching. Kiara wasn’t too fond of the temperature change and she didn’t really like to see the trees so… nude without their leaves. Nevertheless, given her parents had always told her it was healthy to take a stroll around this time of the year, the blonde had opted to make a brief walk to the lake. A grey beret sat on top of her curls, maintaining extra warmth since most tended to escape by your head.

With hands tucked into the pockets of her coat, she eventually took them out upon sitting down at the sand area near the water. It was calm out, much to her relief. It gave her a decent moment to decently plan what to do for Christmas in her head, what to buy Jackson. In the process, fingertips absentmindedly racked through the loose sand, enjoying the grainy texture against her skin. After another minute or so, a repeating motion got her to dig two holes, one at each side. That was until something sharp suddenly dug itself through delicate skin. Shard of glass.

Kiara immediately retracted her hand, wincing as a rather loud ”Ouch!” could be heard before she quickly inspected the deep cut that nearly ran in the middle of her palm. ”Crap,” the blonde muttered as her other hand attempted to find a handkerchief in her pockets, to no avail. She hoped it wouldn’t get infected seeing the grains of sand already clung to the wound. In an attempt to stop the bleeding, even though she sort of expected it might have the opposite effect, Ki squeezed her hand shut. Maybe it would stop? If not, the trip back to college would come sooner than expected.

[Talen Trahan]

He didn’t like the snow; it was a fact amongst the people of the South that snow was foreign and unwanted. The harsh white, the cold temperature, the icy feeling if you touched it…it was not wanted to the native of Louisiana. Dressed in a warm wool coat and a black beanie, his hands in soft kid gloves lined with fleece, he set out on a walk from his apartment, feeling cooped up trying to avoid the snow.

Memories surfaced as he walked, memories of his home and of Hammel. He remembered breaking Adrianna’s heart when she had found out about his conflicting feelings for Rhett, and when Tal had taken some time off to figure that stuff out, it had fallen all into place. He was older now, and not so confused about his identity.

Still, he hated the snow.

He was walking around the lake when he heard a rather loud “ouch!” coming from the water’s edge. Brows furrowed, he took off the path and touched sand before seeing a pretty blonde squeeze her hand shut, blood peeking out from the edge of her palm. He walked closer and took off his glove, getting into the edge of her vision before talking.

“Here,” he said softly as he knelt, taking her hand. Immediately on contact, his dark fingers sparked silver and he could feel the wound disappear on her palm. As soon as that happened, his own palm split open, and he gave a small hiss at the slight pain. Focusing now on his hand, he watched the wound close, and flexed his hand before looking at her.

“Feel better?”

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For someone who could control luck, she clearly hadn’t played her cards right. For a moment Kiara considered to dip the long sleeve of her cardigan on the wound, but blood stains were never easy to get out of clothes. So instead she opted to wait another minute; if it hadn’t stopped after this, she would just have to head back to college to improve the circumstances for the wound to heal.

Unless someone with a healing power would appear, that is. As Talen appeared in the corner of her eye, Ki felt slightly caught off guard. She wasn’t sure if it was caused by not having expected this or the fact that his appearance definitely was a pleasant one. Despite her heightened interest in Jackson, it still mattered to not make a complete fool out of yourself in front of a cute guy. She had done that enough in the past.

Dumbly blinking, blue eyes felt the pain subside and the skin of her palm contract together as the wound disappeared. Disbelief was obvious as her gaze shot up to his face and then down to his hand. ”Um, uhuh.” The blonde nodded while reaching over for his hand to inspect his palm. ”Did you just take that wound from me?” Not that she sounded as if she minded this though; she did feel bad about him having experienced pain due to her stupidity.

With a sheepish grin, Ki finally let go of him. ”Thank you. There was a shard of glass hidden underneath the sand.”