overdramatic and true

He’s waiting for her the moment she lands back on the material plane. He would have been even if she hadn’t told him she needed to see him. This was something they did, she went to the demiplane and when she got back they lay in the grass and watched the clouds until all traces of paint smudged sky had faded from her vision. From the look in his eyes today he’s been sitting in the grass and worrying in the way he does, that this time she won’t come back. It’s something they all fear, that one of them will be struck down in a shadow the rest can’t see. Hardwon’s hand finds hers, his thumb rubbing across her knuckles and before she knows how to stop them more tears are falling down her already damp face. She squeezes his hand, taps her tongue against the back of her teeth. In. Out. Worry swirls in his eyes like a storm and she knows she can’t keep today's trip a secret.