One-Sentence Prompts - 4 batches
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strongheartmaid01 - Comfort
Iranda knew there was only one man she could turn to comfort after being rejected by Joshua [which sadly wasn't the first time but now would be the last time] - and that was the man that had always been there waiting for her to finally notice that he had always loved her and that was Aaron.
02 - Kiss
Aaron would later confess that as kisses went - his first kiss with Iranda had ended up with them clunking heads before they figured out who would move first to capture the other's lips [to this day, he would cheerfully admit that he would always let Iranda make the first move].
03 - Soft
Aaron gently placed a hand on the soft swell of her stomach and smiled a goofy smile - clearly pleased that finally he'd have a son to pass on the love of dragons [or a daughter to do the same]
04 - Pain
Iranda held his hand tightly as he rode through the worst of the spasms of pain and she quietly vowed that if she ever got her hands on Dread Wing - that she would make sure he understood exactly why it was not a smart move to piss her off.
05 - Potatoes
Aaron glanced at the plate with despair and then cast a weary glance up at the ceiling - Iranda's cravings for potatoes had to go away soon, right?
06 - Rain
Aaron often wondered if the rain that fell on the day she disappeared was the heaven's way of mourning her loss along with him.
07 - Chocolate
Iranda often wondered if her craving for chocolate during her first pregnancy resulted in her son's chocolate brown eyes [for his part, Aaron just thinks it's a fluke and that it's not something they really should worry about]
08 - Happiness
09 - Telephone
The telephone lay shattered on the floor, having fallen from Aaron's hands the moment he heard those fateful words that Iranda had vanished.
10 - Ears
Iranda winced only once when she self-pierced her ears - after all, what was a little pain if it meant she could wear those lovely drop earrings that Aaron had gifted her for her 18th birthday?
11 - Name
Aaron's hand rested against the tree in the backyard where the initials of his name and Iranda's name were carved - and noticed the several new sets that had joined theirs, a "Z + I", a "P + N", a "S + M" [which made him quirk a brow before he remembered and silently despaired at the unfortunate implications there], a "C + A", and the one that nearly stopped his heart, a "D + N" [he wasn't even sure how Dram managed to woo Nocturna away from Dread]
12 - Sensual
13 - Death
Aaron made it quite clear that even though the vow had said 'til death do us part', that damn it, Iranda wasn't dead, that she was just missing and therefore he was not planning on remarrying anytime soon - no matter how much anyone pushed.
14 - Sex
Aaron wasn't sure which had been more awkward - their first kiss or their first time trying to have sex [so far, the latter was winning].
15 - Touch
16 - Weakness
17 - Tears
Aaron gently wiped the tears off Iranda's face after finding her sitting outside the old theatre, her knees tucked under her chin, looking like the picture of utter dejection after finding out that Joshua had forgotten once again their date - and he made mental note to non too gently remind Joshua of the next one [that is, if he allowed that - it was now or never to make his move..]
18 - Speed
19 - Wind
20 - Freedom
21 - Life
22 - Jealousy
Aaron cursed under his breath each time that feeling of jealousy welled up when he watched Iranda talk to Joshua - and he couldn't understand *why* he felt that way.
23 - Hands
Iranda placed the palm of her hand against his, her blue eyes twinkling - his work toughened hand a lovely feel against her smooth skin.
24 - Taste
25 - Devotion
26 - Forever
27 - Blood
All the color drained from Iranda's face as she stared at the bloody, broken body of Aaron and heard from Joshua what had happened - that Aaron had been brutally attacked by Dread Wing during their amber run [the one that would leave him crippled]
28 - Sickness
Aaron gently stroked Iranda's back as she leaned over the toilet, clearly suffering from morning sickness [all the while wondering why after having two kids that she'd finally be hit with the damn thing]
29 - Melody
30 - Star
31 - Home
Aaron scooped Iranda up and carried her over the threshold, carrying her into their brand new home.
32 - Confusion
Iranda stared at the stick in confusion - how could it have a plus sign again and how was she going to tell Aaron that they were having a fourth child?
33 - Fear
34 - Lightning/Thunder
35 - Bonds
36 - Market
37 - Technology
Aaron privately wondered if the reason Iranda had been a librarian was that meant there was less technology for her to accidentally destroy as he stared at the remains of a datapad he had been using [he wasn't sure he wanted to know how she blew it up - all he knew is that coffee was somehow involved]
38 - Gift
Aaron claimed his favorite gift that Iranda ever gave him was during the dead of winter when their third and final son was born [not that his other children weren't his favorites but Peak just managed to capture the favorite spot, maybe because he looked the closest to Iranda when he smiled].
39 - Smile
The first thing that Aaron had ever noticed about Iranda was her soft shy smile and the way she'd tuck a lock of hair behind her left ear as she smiled.
40 - Innocence
Joshua may profess innocence to his dying day, claiming that he has no idea what Aaron's babbling about - but he's quite pleased with his ability to play matchmaker and succeed.
41 - Completion
42 - Clouds
43 - Sky
44 - Heaven
Aaron claimed that for him - heaven would be waking up and seeing Iranda's smiling face, hearing her dainty hands dance up and down the keyboard tickling one song or another out of the aged piano, hearing her soft voice telling him some story about her day...
45 - Hell
So naturally, he believed he was currently living in hell and was desperately praying that he would some day be able to ascend to heaven to be with her again [of course, he would never say that aloud for fear of worrying his children].
46 - Sun
Joshua groaned as he listened to Aaron try to compose poetry - and found himself wishing that Aaron would stop trying to find words that rhymed with sun [seriously, there were other words he could use that described Iranda's cheerful personality].
47 - Moon
Joshua narrowed his eyes at Iranda, silently warning her that she wasn't even going to try to use him as a sounding board for her attempts at poetry - he did not want to know how many words rhymed with moon, bad enough he had to deal with Aaron doing it, that he was not going through that hell again.
48 - Waves
49 - Hair
Aaron settled behind his wife, gently brushing her long golden hair before beginning to braid it - a change of pace from her usual ponytail [besides, he liked any excuse he could use to play with her hair].
50 - Supernova
01 - Comfort
Z'neth held Ilona close to him, trying to comfort her, not sure of what words to say after finding out that her last remaining relative had passed away while she had been on a mission on Old Earth.
02 - Kiss
Aaron blinked his blue eyes as he studied the family photo album and chuckled - looks like he finally won a bet against Joshua as to when Z'neth and Ilona shared their first kiss [he knew it had been prior to Ilona's kissing his son's mutated form, and the photo proved it - even if the couple didn't remember that childhood first kiss under the mistletoe that Iranda had hung that year]
03 - Soft
There was a certain softness in Z'neth's gaze as he watched Ilona flit about the room, tending to the other wounded before he captured her wrist with his hand so she could finally pay some attention to him.
04 - Pain
05 - Potatoes
Z'neth glanced warily at the potatoes in the bowl by the sink, waiting to be cleaned, clearly remembering the stories of his mother's cravings, and silently praying Ilona wouldn't be the same way.
06 - Rain
An eight year old Z'neth held an umbrella over a small six year old Ilona's head, protecting her from the rain as he waited with her for her mother to pick her up from school [which eventually ended up with him taking her back to his house, wrapping her in a warm blanket and offering her a mug of warm milk while his father called her mother, asking her why she forgot Ilona again].
07 - Chocolate
Z'neth quietly popped a piece of chocolate into Ilona's mouth, in an effort to stop their argument [it worked, to an extent - she couldn't say a word since she had to eat the chocolate, but the looks she was shooting him indicated she was not happy with him for doing that, even if she did enjoy the chocolate]
08 - Happiness
09 - Telephone
Peak was silently grateful that they didn't have that piece of Old Earth technology because he could almost picture the end of the telephone conversations with the 'you hang up' and 'no you hang up' - switching off his brother's VoxBox was much easier [even if the last time ended up with Z'neth having his wrist in a cast because Dram used his WindJammer to shut it off].
10 - Ears
Ilona lightly pinged one of Z'neth's ears when he started to get a little too overprotective - she was able to take care of herself when dealing with her fellow scientists.
11 - Name
Ilona exchanged looks with Z'neth, wondering how and why the rest of the dragonators came up with the cutesy mash-up of their names [Z'na? Really?]
12 - Sensual
13 - Death
Ilona cast her eyes heavenwards when she heard him use the "reports of my death were greatly exaggerated" for the sixth time since his return from being Attor, honestly - it was cute the first time.
14 - Sex
Z'neth had no desire to correct anyone about when he and Ilona were first intimate - let them think they had sex for the first time after the wedding [no one really needed to know about that one incident during an amber run gone south in the worst way possible and how it just happened when the pair were trying to stay warm]
15 - Touch
Z'neth froze the first moment he felt another mind touch his [especially when it wasn't Apex].
16 - Weakness
Aaron buried his face in his left hand when he learned that Z'neth nearly broke a new recruit's jaw for referring to Ilona as Z'neth's only weakness [most other dragonators knew that Ilona was the one thing that was not to be used to taunt or piss off Z'neth - not if they liked life] and handed Joshua several credits with his right hand as Joshua laughed.
17 - Tears
Z'neth gently wiped away Ilona's tears, comforting the shaken woman - finding out that you lost a year of your life due to an unknown illness had to be frightening.
18 - Speed
19 - Wind
20 - Freedom
21 - Life
22 - Jealousy
Joshua merely held out his hand, waiting for Aaron to pay up after hearing about Z'neth's latest explosive bout of jealousy [of course, Aaron really had to remember not to bet against Joshua, especially when it came to Z'neth].
23 - Hands
Ilona rested one of her delicate hands on his much larger one, silently showing her support during one of his episodes where Attor threatened to take control of his mind once more.
24 - Taste
25 - Devotion
26 - Forever
27 - Blood
Z'neth's hand rested against the blood stain on the wall of his father's lab and shuddered as he recalled with grim clarity as to how it happened.
28 - Sickness
Z'neth raced to the medbay - only to be stopped at the door because Peak caught him before he entered, telling them they didn't know the source of Ilona's sickness and that the other doctors weren't allowing anyone near her until they knew.
29 - Melody
Z'neth didn't understand why when Ilona hummed the melody to the overture to Tannhauser that he suddenly had visions of a grey rabbit wearing a valkyrie costume [which in and of itself made no sense whatsoever] and that only earned a book thrown at his head when he brought that up [and just how did that make him an uncultured heathen?]
30 - Star
Z'neth settled on a cliff, Riptor standing next to him, as they stared up at the stars - and he silently wished that Ilona would recover so she could join him stargazing.
31 - Home
The look in Ilona's eyes told Z'neth one important thing - she didn't care where their home was, just as long as it was by his side.
32 - Confusion
The look of confusion in Apex's eyes when he told her stop rooting around in his head was enough to stun him silent - and also raised the level of worry in him, after all, who the hell was also able to get into his head like that?
33 - Fear
34 - Lightning/Thunder
Z'neth held Ilona tightly, rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her, as the pair rode out the thunderstorm on Old Earth - so much for a quiet uneventful trip to Earth to gather plant samples.
35 - Bonds
36 - Market
Aaron arched a brow as he saw Z'neth slip out of the front door, curious as to why he was heading to the market at this hour before he let a soft chuckle escape - ah, right, he thought as it slowly sunk in as that his eldest son finally joined the ranks of the harried future fathers that had to run to the market at ungodly hours to get what the wife was craving.
37 - Technology
Z'neth sighed and exchanged knowing looks with his father - if Mother was here, she and Ilona definitely bond over their refusal to use any of the more modern technology, especially with their knack of blowing it up.
38 - Gift
Z'neth knew that the smallest gift under the Christmas tree would bring him a far greater gift then anyone could give him this year and that was the woman he loved, Ilona.
39 - Smile
40 - Innocence
41 - Completion
42 - Clouds
43 - Sky
44 - Heaven
45 - Hell
Joshua wondered if Z'neth knew he was his father in miniature when he viewed Ilona's time in that coma due to the unknown sickness as his own personal stay in hell.
46 - Sun
To this day, Z'neth was still confused as to why Councilman Joshua got an unhealthy twitch when he referred to Ilona as his sun [for his part, Joshua was not at all eager to see if Z'neth was going to follow in his father's foosteps when it came to attempting to write poetry - one Arlan doing that was more then enough for him].
47 - Moon
Ilona stared up at the moon, wondering if he was looking at the same night sky she was and wondering if they'd ever actually be together again.
48 - Waves
49 - Hair
Z'neth brushed the sweat dampened hair off Ilona's forehead, watching her struggle to breath - wishing that her fever would break and she would start to recover.
50 - Supernova
01 - Ring
02 - Hero
03 - Memory
04 - Box
Aaron handed Z'neth a small box one late December day, a look of pride on his features - he had remembered as a child that Z'neth had always studied his mother's ring, wondering if one day he'd find a ring like that for his future wife - "She's worth it."
05 - Run
06 - Hurricane
07 - Wings
Z'neth didn't understand why his mother didn't like to fly - it was fun, nor did he understand her "if man was supposed to fly, he would have been given wings" either.
08 - Cold
09 - Red
Iranda quietly wondered what she and Aaron had done wrong when they came home to find the children and most of the furniture covered in red paint.
10 - Drink
11 - Midnight
12 - Temptation
13 - View
14 - Music
Music had largely vanished from the home following Iranda's disappearence - but, one cold winter's night, the sound of a long forgotten piano was heard being played, bringing a measure of peace to the still grieving family.
15 - Silk
16 - Cover
17 - Promise
Z'neth looked up at his mother, a solemn look in his old beyond his years brown eyes, and promised her that he would always protect his younger brothers and sister [unfortunately, Iranda would never know how seriously he'd take that promise]
18 - Dream
19 - Candle
Z'neth stared at the candles on his cake, silently wondering what his wish for his birthday should be before looking over at his father and then over at his baby brother, nodding to himself - once again, he'd wish for his mother to come home from wherever she was [one of these years, the wish had to be granted, right?]
20 - Talent
21 - Silence
22 - Journey
23 - Fire
24 - Strength
25 - Mask
26 - Ice
Iranda glared blearily at the clock, wondering for the fourth time that week why she ever gave into Apex's desire to learn to ice skate - getting up at four A.M. to make sure she was at the rink by five was sheer hell.
27 - Fall
28 - Forgotten
29 - Dance
Iranda chuckled softly as she watched Aaron try to give Apex her first dancing lesson before she glanced down at Z'neth and promptly showed Aaron and Apex who the better dancer was.
30 - Body
31 - Sacred
32 - Farewells
33 - World
34 - Formal
35 - Fever
36 - Laugh
37 - Lies
Iranda could feel her lips twitching into a smile as she listened to the lies her children were telling her about how that vase ended up broken - well, she wasn't about to tell them that she wasn't mad at them [after all, she had been trying to break that vase for months herself].
38 - Forever
39 - Overwhelmed
Iranda sunk into a chair, clearly overwhelmed by the chaos taking place in the house - and to think Aaron thought that she could easily do her work at home.
40 - Whisper
41 - Wait
42 - Talk
43 - Search
44 - Hope
45 - Eclipse
46 - Gravity
47 - Highway
48 - Unknown
49 - Lock
50 - Breathe
01 - Ring
Nora slid the golden ring onto a chain, letting it drop into safety under her armor - she'd wear the ring properly once she was off shift.
02 - Hero
Peak didn't care that he didn't get as much hero worship like his siblings got - as long as Nora called him her hero, well, that was good enough for him.
03 - Memory
04 - Box
Nora glanced at Peak and then at the boxes, an amused smile on her lips - looks like the family curse of being packrats struck them too.
05 - Run
06 - Hurricane
07 - Wings
Peak's exo-wings shot out the moment Nora fell from her dragon, unconcious from a blow to the head courtesy of Fryte, and he took off, praying he'd be fast enough to catch her.
08 - Cold
09 - Red
10 - Drink
Nora sipped her drink, settled at a back table at the replimat with Ilona, both quietly discussing the drawbacks of dating an Arlan male - one of which was that they took one risk too many during a fight with Dread Wing.
11 - Midnight
12 - Temptation
13 - View
14 - Music
15 - Silk
Peak ran his hand through Nora's hair, marveling at the soft silken texture of his girl's hair.
16 - Cover
17 - Promise
"I promise to always catch you, Nora."
18 - Dream
19 - Candle
Nora blushed as she tipped the candle to touch the center one at the same time Peak touched it with his own candle - hoping that they were doing this correctly [it was the first time since the great cataclysm that the tradition had been done].
20 - Talent
Nora brushed her wet bangs off her forehead and glared up at him, her mind harkening back to those stories she had just finished telling Ilona's goddaughter, Yayoi - if Peak had been a Sparrow Man, then his talent was getting into trouble.
21 - Silence
22 - Journey
23 - Fire
24 - Strength
25 - Mask
Peak settled by Nora's bedside, wishing he could move that mask so he could kiss her [if only she hadn't gotten so sick that she needed help breathing, if only he had pickd up on her being sick sooner]
26 - Ice
Nora glanced down at the orchid floating in her drink [which clearly hadn't been there before when she ordered it], before glancing up at Peak, "Tropical ice?"
27 - Fall
28 - Forgotten
Dinner lay forgotten on the table as Nora sat by the window of their shared quarters, watching to see if he'd walk up that path, worry about this latest emergency amber run robbing her of her appetite.
29 - Dance
Peak glared at the boys who thought they'd take Nora from him for just one dance - didn't they know her dance card was already full?
30 - Body
31 - Sacred
32 - Farewells
33 - World
34 - Formal
35 - Fever
Peak sat curled up in the chair next to Z'neth, resting his head against Z'neth's shoulder as he dozed quietly for the first time since Nora joined the ranks of those battling that mystery fever.
36 - Laugh
37 - Lies
Nora covered her mouth with her hand as she tried to smother the giggles that were threatening to bring down all the lies that Peak was telling his older siblings [no, he didn't have a guest, no, it wasn't Nora, no, he had no idea where Nora was, no, he had no idea what that moaning noise was so could they just go away so he could get back to bed?]
38 - Forever
39 - Overwhelmed
40 - Whisper
41 - Wait
42 - Talk
43 - Search
44 - Hope
45 - Eclipse
46 - Gravity
47 - Highway
48 - Unknown
49 - Lock
Nora glanced at Peak, silently wondering why they had gotten locked in the closet - didn't his elder siblings know they were already dating and that they didn't need this nonsense [unlike a certain elder brother who clearly did need to be locked in here]?
50 - Breathe
Iranda knew there was only one man she could turn to comfort after being rejected by Joshua [which sadly wasn't the first time but now would be the last time] - and that was the man that had always been there waiting for her to finally notice that he had always loved her and that was Aaron.
02 - Kiss
Aaron would later confess that as kisses went - his first kiss with Iranda had ended up with them clunking heads before they figured out who would move first to capture the other's lips [to this day, he would cheerfully admit that he would always let Iranda make the first move].
03 - Soft
Aaron gently placed a hand on the soft swell of her stomach and smiled a goofy smile - clearly pleased that finally he'd have a son to pass on the love of dragons [or a daughter to do the same]
04 - Pain
Iranda held his hand tightly as he rode through the worst of the spasms of pain and she quietly vowed that if she ever got her hands on Dread Wing - that she would make sure he understood exactly why it was not a smart move to piss her off.
05 - Potatoes
Aaron glanced at the plate with despair and then cast a weary glance up at the ceiling - Iranda's cravings for potatoes had to go away soon, right?
06 - Rain
Aaron often wondered if the rain that fell on the day she disappeared was the heaven's way of mourning her loss along with him.
07 - Chocolate
Iranda often wondered if her craving for chocolate during her first pregnancy resulted in her son's chocolate brown eyes [for his part, Aaron just thinks it's a fluke and that it's not something they really should worry about]
08 - Happiness
09 - Telephone
The telephone lay shattered on the floor, having fallen from Aaron's hands the moment he heard those fateful words that Iranda had vanished.
10 - Ears
Iranda winced only once when she self-pierced her ears - after all, what was a little pain if it meant she could wear those lovely drop earrings that Aaron had gifted her for her 18th birthday?
11 - Name
Aaron's hand rested against the tree in the backyard where the initials of his name and Iranda's name were carved - and noticed the several new sets that had joined theirs, a "Z + I", a "P + N", a "S + M" [which made him quirk a brow before he remembered and silently despaired at the unfortunate implications there], a "C + A", and the one that nearly stopped his heart, a "D + N" [he wasn't even sure how Dram managed to woo Nocturna away from Dread]
12 - Sensual
13 - Death
Aaron made it quite clear that even though the vow had said 'til death do us part', that damn it, Iranda wasn't dead, that she was just missing and therefore he was not planning on remarrying anytime soon - no matter how much anyone pushed.
14 - Sex
Aaron wasn't sure which had been more awkward - their first kiss or their first time trying to have sex [so far, the latter was winning].
15 - Touch
16 - Weakness
17 - Tears
Aaron gently wiped the tears off Iranda's face after finding her sitting outside the old theatre, her knees tucked under her chin, looking like the picture of utter dejection after finding out that Joshua had forgotten once again their date - and he made mental note to non too gently remind Joshua of the next one [that is, if he allowed that - it was now or never to make his move..]
18 - Speed
19 - Wind
20 - Freedom
21 - Life
22 - Jealousy
Aaron cursed under his breath each time that feeling of jealousy welled up when he watched Iranda talk to Joshua - and he couldn't understand *why* he felt that way.
23 - Hands
Iranda placed the palm of her hand against his, her blue eyes twinkling - his work toughened hand a lovely feel against her smooth skin.
24 - Taste
25 - Devotion
26 - Forever
27 - Blood
All the color drained from Iranda's face as she stared at the bloody, broken body of Aaron and heard from Joshua what had happened - that Aaron had been brutally attacked by Dread Wing during their amber run [the one that would leave him crippled]
28 - Sickness
Aaron gently stroked Iranda's back as she leaned over the toilet, clearly suffering from morning sickness [all the while wondering why after having two kids that she'd finally be hit with the damn thing]
29 - Melody
30 - Star
31 - Home
Aaron scooped Iranda up and carried her over the threshold, carrying her into their brand new home.
32 - Confusion
Iranda stared at the stick in confusion - how could it have a plus sign again and how was she going to tell Aaron that they were having a fourth child?
33 - Fear
34 - Lightning/Thunder
35 - Bonds
36 - Market
37 - Technology
Aaron privately wondered if the reason Iranda had been a librarian was that meant there was less technology for her to accidentally destroy as he stared at the remains of a datapad he had been using [he wasn't sure he wanted to know how she blew it up - all he knew is that coffee was somehow involved]
38 - Gift
Aaron claimed his favorite gift that Iranda ever gave him was during the dead of winter when their third and final son was born [not that his other children weren't his favorites but Peak just managed to capture the favorite spot, maybe because he looked the closest to Iranda when he smiled].
39 - Smile
The first thing that Aaron had ever noticed about Iranda was her soft shy smile and the way she'd tuck a lock of hair behind her left ear as she smiled.
40 - Innocence
Joshua may profess innocence to his dying day, claiming that he has no idea what Aaron's babbling about - but he's quite pleased with his ability to play matchmaker and succeed.
41 - Completion
42 - Clouds
43 - Sky
44 - Heaven
Aaron claimed that for him - heaven would be waking up and seeing Iranda's smiling face, hearing her dainty hands dance up and down the keyboard tickling one song or another out of the aged piano, hearing her soft voice telling him some story about her day...
45 - Hell
So naturally, he believed he was currently living in hell and was desperately praying that he would some day be able to ascend to heaven to be with her again [of course, he would never say that aloud for fear of worrying his children].
46 - Sun
Joshua groaned as he listened to Aaron try to compose poetry - and found himself wishing that Aaron would stop trying to find words that rhymed with sun [seriously, there were other words he could use that described Iranda's cheerful personality].
47 - Moon
Joshua narrowed his eyes at Iranda, silently warning her that she wasn't even going to try to use him as a sounding board for her attempts at poetry - he did not want to know how many words rhymed with moon, bad enough he had to deal with Aaron doing it, that he was not going through that hell again.
48 - Waves
49 - Hair
Aaron settled behind his wife, gently brushing her long golden hair before beginning to braid it - a change of pace from her usual ponytail [besides, he liked any excuse he could use to play with her hair].
50 - Supernova
01 - Comfort
Z'neth held Ilona close to him, trying to comfort her, not sure of what words to say after finding out that her last remaining relative had passed away while she had been on a mission on Old Earth.
02 - Kiss
Aaron blinked his blue eyes as he studied the family photo album and chuckled - looks like he finally won a bet against Joshua as to when Z'neth and Ilona shared their first kiss [he knew it had been prior to Ilona's kissing his son's mutated form, and the photo proved it - even if the couple didn't remember that childhood first kiss under the mistletoe that Iranda had hung that year]
03 - Soft
There was a certain softness in Z'neth's gaze as he watched Ilona flit about the room, tending to the other wounded before he captured her wrist with his hand so she could finally pay some attention to him.
04 - Pain
05 - Potatoes
Z'neth glanced warily at the potatoes in the bowl by the sink, waiting to be cleaned, clearly remembering the stories of his mother's cravings, and silently praying Ilona wouldn't be the same way.
06 - Rain
An eight year old Z'neth held an umbrella over a small six year old Ilona's head, protecting her from the rain as he waited with her for her mother to pick her up from school [which eventually ended up with him taking her back to his house, wrapping her in a warm blanket and offering her a mug of warm milk while his father called her mother, asking her why she forgot Ilona again].
07 - Chocolate
Z'neth quietly popped a piece of chocolate into Ilona's mouth, in an effort to stop their argument [it worked, to an extent - she couldn't say a word since she had to eat the chocolate, but the looks she was shooting him indicated she was not happy with him for doing that, even if she did enjoy the chocolate]
08 - Happiness
09 - Telephone
Peak was silently grateful that they didn't have that piece of Old Earth technology because he could almost picture the end of the telephone conversations with the 'you hang up' and 'no you hang up' - switching off his brother's VoxBox was much easier [even if the last time ended up with Z'neth having his wrist in a cast because Dram used his WindJammer to shut it off].
10 - Ears
Ilona lightly pinged one of Z'neth's ears when he started to get a little too overprotective - she was able to take care of herself when dealing with her fellow scientists.
11 - Name
Ilona exchanged looks with Z'neth, wondering how and why the rest of the dragonators came up with the cutesy mash-up of their names [Z'na? Really?]
12 - Sensual
13 - Death
Ilona cast her eyes heavenwards when she heard him use the "reports of my death were greatly exaggerated" for the sixth time since his return from being Attor, honestly - it was cute the first time.
14 - Sex
Z'neth had no desire to correct anyone about when he and Ilona were first intimate - let them think they had sex for the first time after the wedding [no one really needed to know about that one incident during an amber run gone south in the worst way possible and how it just happened when the pair were trying to stay warm]
15 - Touch
Z'neth froze the first moment he felt another mind touch his [especially when it wasn't Apex].
16 - Weakness
Aaron buried his face in his left hand when he learned that Z'neth nearly broke a new recruit's jaw for referring to Ilona as Z'neth's only weakness [most other dragonators knew that Ilona was the one thing that was not to be used to taunt or piss off Z'neth - not if they liked life] and handed Joshua several credits with his right hand as Joshua laughed.
17 - Tears
Z'neth gently wiped away Ilona's tears, comforting the shaken woman - finding out that you lost a year of your life due to an unknown illness had to be frightening.
18 - Speed
19 - Wind
20 - Freedom
21 - Life
22 - Jealousy
Joshua merely held out his hand, waiting for Aaron to pay up after hearing about Z'neth's latest explosive bout of jealousy [of course, Aaron really had to remember not to bet against Joshua, especially when it came to Z'neth].
23 - Hands
Ilona rested one of her delicate hands on his much larger one, silently showing her support during one of his episodes where Attor threatened to take control of his mind once more.
24 - Taste
25 - Devotion
26 - Forever
27 - Blood
Z'neth's hand rested against the blood stain on the wall of his father's lab and shuddered as he recalled with grim clarity as to how it happened.
28 - Sickness
Z'neth raced to the medbay - only to be stopped at the door because Peak caught him before he entered, telling them they didn't know the source of Ilona's sickness and that the other doctors weren't allowing anyone near her until they knew.
29 - Melody
Z'neth didn't understand why when Ilona hummed the melody to the overture to Tannhauser that he suddenly had visions of a grey rabbit wearing a valkyrie costume [which in and of itself made no sense whatsoever] and that only earned a book thrown at his head when he brought that up [and just how did that make him an uncultured heathen?]
30 - Star
Z'neth settled on a cliff, Riptor standing next to him, as they stared up at the stars - and he silently wished that Ilona would recover so she could join him stargazing.
31 - Home
The look in Ilona's eyes told Z'neth one important thing - she didn't care where their home was, just as long as it was by his side.
32 - Confusion
The look of confusion in Apex's eyes when he told her stop rooting around in his head was enough to stun him silent - and also raised the level of worry in him, after all, who the hell was also able to get into his head like that?
33 - Fear
34 - Lightning/Thunder
Z'neth held Ilona tightly, rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her, as the pair rode out the thunderstorm on Old Earth - so much for a quiet uneventful trip to Earth to gather plant samples.
35 - Bonds
36 - Market
Aaron arched a brow as he saw Z'neth slip out of the front door, curious as to why he was heading to the market at this hour before he let a soft chuckle escape - ah, right, he thought as it slowly sunk in as that his eldest son finally joined the ranks of the harried future fathers that had to run to the market at ungodly hours to get what the wife was craving.
37 - Technology
Z'neth sighed and exchanged knowing looks with his father - if Mother was here, she and Ilona definitely bond over their refusal to use any of the more modern technology, especially with their knack of blowing it up.
38 - Gift
Z'neth knew that the smallest gift under the Christmas tree would bring him a far greater gift then anyone could give him this year and that was the woman he loved, Ilona.
39 - Smile
40 - Innocence
41 - Completion
42 - Clouds
43 - Sky
44 - Heaven
45 - Hell
Joshua wondered if Z'neth knew he was his father in miniature when he viewed Ilona's time in that coma due to the unknown sickness as his own personal stay in hell.
46 - Sun
To this day, Z'neth was still confused as to why Councilman Joshua got an unhealthy twitch when he referred to Ilona as his sun [for his part, Joshua was not at all eager to see if Z'neth was going to follow in his father's foosteps when it came to attempting to write poetry - one Arlan doing that was more then enough for him].
47 - Moon
Ilona stared up at the moon, wondering if he was looking at the same night sky she was and wondering if they'd ever actually be together again.
48 - Waves
49 - Hair
Z'neth brushed the sweat dampened hair off Ilona's forehead, watching her struggle to breath - wishing that her fever would break and she would start to recover.
50 - Supernova
01 - Ring
02 - Hero
03 - Memory
04 - Box
Aaron handed Z'neth a small box one late December day, a look of pride on his features - he had remembered as a child that Z'neth had always studied his mother's ring, wondering if one day he'd find a ring like that for his future wife - "She's worth it."
05 - Run
06 - Hurricane
07 - Wings
Z'neth didn't understand why his mother didn't like to fly - it was fun, nor did he understand her "if man was supposed to fly, he would have been given wings" either.
08 - Cold
09 - Red
Iranda quietly wondered what she and Aaron had done wrong when they came home to find the children and most of the furniture covered in red paint.
10 - Drink
11 - Midnight
12 - Temptation
13 - View
14 - Music
Music had largely vanished from the home following Iranda's disappearence - but, one cold winter's night, the sound of a long forgotten piano was heard being played, bringing a measure of peace to the still grieving family.
15 - Silk
16 - Cover
17 - Promise
Z'neth looked up at his mother, a solemn look in his old beyond his years brown eyes, and promised her that he would always protect his younger brothers and sister [unfortunately, Iranda would never know how seriously he'd take that promise]
18 - Dream
19 - Candle
Z'neth stared at the candles on his cake, silently wondering what his wish for his birthday should be before looking over at his father and then over at his baby brother, nodding to himself - once again, he'd wish for his mother to come home from wherever she was [one of these years, the wish had to be granted, right?]
20 - Talent
21 - Silence
22 - Journey
23 - Fire
24 - Strength
25 - Mask
26 - Ice
Iranda glared blearily at the clock, wondering for the fourth time that week why she ever gave into Apex's desire to learn to ice skate - getting up at four A.M. to make sure she was at the rink by five was sheer hell.
27 - Fall
28 - Forgotten
29 - Dance
Iranda chuckled softly as she watched Aaron try to give Apex her first dancing lesson before she glanced down at Z'neth and promptly showed Aaron and Apex who the better dancer was.
30 - Body
31 - Sacred
32 - Farewells
33 - World
34 - Formal
35 - Fever
36 - Laugh
37 - Lies
Iranda could feel her lips twitching into a smile as she listened to the lies her children were telling her about how that vase ended up broken - well, she wasn't about to tell them that she wasn't mad at them [after all, she had been trying to break that vase for months herself].
38 - Forever
39 - Overwhelmed
Iranda sunk into a chair, clearly overwhelmed by the chaos taking place in the house - and to think Aaron thought that she could easily do her work at home.
40 - Whisper
41 - Wait
42 - Talk
43 - Search
44 - Hope
45 - Eclipse
46 - Gravity
47 - Highway
48 - Unknown
49 - Lock
50 - Breathe
01 - Ring
Nora slid the golden ring onto a chain, letting it drop into safety under her armor - she'd wear the ring properly once she was off shift.
02 - Hero
Peak didn't care that he didn't get as much hero worship like his siblings got - as long as Nora called him her hero, well, that was good enough for him.
03 - Memory
04 - Box
Nora glanced at Peak and then at the boxes, an amused smile on her lips - looks like the family curse of being packrats struck them too.
05 - Run
06 - Hurricane
07 - Wings
Peak's exo-wings shot out the moment Nora fell from her dragon, unconcious from a blow to the head courtesy of Fryte, and he took off, praying he'd be fast enough to catch her.
08 - Cold
09 - Red
10 - Drink
Nora sipped her drink, settled at a back table at the replimat with Ilona, both quietly discussing the drawbacks of dating an Arlan male - one of which was that they took one risk too many during a fight with Dread Wing.
11 - Midnight
12 - Temptation
13 - View
14 - Music
15 - Silk
Peak ran his hand through Nora's hair, marveling at the soft silken texture of his girl's hair.
16 - Cover
17 - Promise
"I promise to always catch you, Nora."
18 - Dream
19 - Candle
Nora blushed as she tipped the candle to touch the center one at the same time Peak touched it with his own candle - hoping that they were doing this correctly [it was the first time since the great cataclysm that the tradition had been done].
20 - Talent
Nora brushed her wet bangs off her forehead and glared up at him, her mind harkening back to those stories she had just finished telling Ilona's goddaughter, Yayoi - if Peak had been a Sparrow Man, then his talent was getting into trouble.
21 - Silence
22 - Journey
23 - Fire
24 - Strength
25 - Mask
Peak settled by Nora's bedside, wishing he could move that mask so he could kiss her [if only she hadn't gotten so sick that she needed help breathing, if only he had pickd up on her being sick sooner]
26 - Ice
Nora glanced down at the orchid floating in her drink [which clearly hadn't been there before when she ordered it], before glancing up at Peak, "Tropical ice?"
27 - Fall
28 - Forgotten
Dinner lay forgotten on the table as Nora sat by the window of their shared quarters, watching to see if he'd walk up that path, worry about this latest emergency amber run robbing her of her appetite.
29 - Dance
Peak glared at the boys who thought they'd take Nora from him for just one dance - didn't they know her dance card was already full?
30 - Body
31 - Sacred
32 - Farewells
33 - World
34 - Formal
35 - Fever
Peak sat curled up in the chair next to Z'neth, resting his head against Z'neth's shoulder as he dozed quietly for the first time since Nora joined the ranks of those battling that mystery fever.
36 - Laugh
37 - Lies
Nora covered her mouth with her hand as she tried to smother the giggles that were threatening to bring down all the lies that Peak was telling his older siblings [no, he didn't have a guest, no, it wasn't Nora, no, he had no idea where Nora was, no, he had no idea what that moaning noise was so could they just go away so he could get back to bed?]
38 - Forever
39 - Overwhelmed
40 - Whisper
41 - Wait
42 - Talk
43 - Search
44 - Hope
45 - Eclipse
46 - Gravity
47 - Highway
48 - Unknown
49 - Lock
Nora glanced at Peak, silently wondering why they had gotten locked in the closet - didn't his elder siblings know they were already dating and that they didn't need this nonsense [unlike a certain elder brother who clearly did need to be locked in here]?
50 - Breathe
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