Elias mimicked her toast, still smiling at her – it felt indulgent somehow, being here with her and so at ease, full to bursting as he was with hopes for the future. “To the future. Both of our futures,” he added. May it be the future you deserve.
Without meaning to, thinking again of his future had him thinking about Daffy; his eyes drifting over people’s heads, searching for her amongst the crowd. She had spoken to Evangeline earlier, but still – he wasn’t sure he wanted her to find him here, and for him to have to introduce them properly. Only because it might make things awkward – make Daff awkward, if she felt wrongfooted by it. And it – hadn’t been awkward, seeing Eva again. Actually...
“I’ll let you get on,” he said, because if he didn’t find Daff soon Mrs. Potts would probably find another half-hour errand for him to run, and Evangeline probably had other friends to see. (Other friends. Did that mean they were possibly friends, now, in this day and age? That was – new, but if so, it was nice.) “It’s been good to see you, though.”
Without meaning to, thinking again of his future had him thinking about Daffy; his eyes drifting over people’s heads, searching for her amongst the crowd. She had spoken to Evangeline earlier, but still – he wasn’t sure he wanted her to find him here, and for him to have to introduce them properly. Only because it might make things awkward – make Daff awkward, if she felt wrongfooted by it. And it – hadn’t been awkward, seeing Eva again. Actually...
“I’ll let you get on,” he said, because if he didn’t find Daff soon Mrs. Potts would probably find another half-hour errand for him to run, and Evangeline probably had other friends to see. (Other friends. Did that mean they were possibly friends, now, in this day and age? That was – new, but if so, it was nice.) “It’s been good to see you, though.”
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3