Fair? It wasn’t fair. There had been no one worth mentioning…..this last time. Even if there had been, though, she still wouldn’t have been allowed anything past small talk for herself, if that. Iris had had to forgive past dalliances, but she knew what Zephyrus would do to anyone she was too close to.
His jealousy was something that would never change.
At least, for now, anything Boreas had said didn’t seem to matter much……though Iris wondered if it would come up again later. She hoped not. She hated the thought of anyone getting hurt because of her.
He was looking into her eyes again and Iris nodded, bringing a hand up to touch his face lightly and finally was able to just look at him, to reassure herself that he was here and in one piece. He was.