𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔.
Maev Barebone never meant to get entangled with humans and their (seemingly) silly fights, but when her neighbor-turned-friend in Bucharest is arrested for a crime he didn't comm...
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bits and pieces
MAEV CAREFULLY CUT the newspaper article, her eyebrows furrowed in concentration. Small pieces of her hair had fallen out of her braid, framing her face and hanging just barely in her peripheral vision. Old music trickled from the vinyl spinning on the record player she'd bought a few days earlier, not usually her taste, but she'd discovered it helped James relax so it was all she played. She placed the clipping on the coffee table, next to three others she'd already cut. The headline stared at her in bold letters, jumping out due to the large font.
CAPTAIN AMERICA RETURNS: THE HERO WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED UNTIL NOW
The other clippings had similar titles, all relating to Steve Roger's return and the events he'd been involved in since waking up from his seventy year nap.
James sat across from her, writing in the journal he'd bought to help piece together his memory. They'd already managed to fill a good chunk of the journal and Maev had a feeling they'd go through a couple more before he was satisfied with the knowledge he would accumulate.
It had been six days since she'd returned from her meeting with her sisters, it had been six days since she'd received their blessing to induct James as a Ranju, and it had been four days since they'd laid down in the middle of a black symbol pertaining all the Sister Three symbols and been bound as Ranju.
Maev still hadn't gotten used to the weight of the bond, of the way faint feelings would trickle into her body and feel out of place because they weren't hers. She'd spent hours after the ceremony gazing at the intricate symbol now etched on her right forearm, tracing each curve and line until it was engraved in her mind. Similar to a tattoo, to the point where only the trained eye could detect that magic put it there, the symbol was unique to her and James and served as a reminder of the bond that now tied them together for all of eternity.
"You're staring again."
James's voice broke her out of her thoughts and she blinked, realizing that she'd zoned out once more while looking in his direction. "Sorry, I was lost in thought."
He made a noise of acknowledgment, having witnessed this quite a few times since he'd met her. Each time he made the same comment and each time she responded with the same words.
Maev riffled through the stack of newspapers next to her, beginning her search for yet another article with Steve Rogers in it. She'd raided the time capsules again this morning, grabbing anything that had a superhero or abnormal section in it. She'd struck out quite a few times, but every now and then there'd be something about the super soldier.
