Re: Pandora and Hyperion
She felt so tender just then. Like she could be tipped over with too hard a breath. She'd truly prefer to just curl up somewhere and rest just now, but she was a hostess of this party and she wasn't one to neglect her duties. Besides, it would be suspicious and worrisome and she didn't want to cause any of that on what was supposed to be a happy day.
For the longest moment she just looked up at him, almost blank, before her eyes filled partway again with tears, completely unbidden. Though she had cried in front of some during the twins' pregnancy, she had always tried to keep it as private as possible.
Then she just stepped forward, closing the distance, and carefully leaned her head against his chest. He was her big brother, and of the siblings, it was him she'd always turned to as a child for comfort when she was afraid. As she did now.