Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire

[magicalarchaeologist]

WHO: Istredd and anyone!
WHAT: Catch-all for April
WHERE: Thorne, Horizon
WHEN: EARLY April for now, will put later prompts up as time goes on
WARNINGS: PTSD from the event, NSFW thread in comments





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[widows_kiss]

She shares in his sense of humor as she takes a seat by his bedside, already leaning over to pour them both a cup of tea.

"Steve is always very heroic like that. It's almost downright embarrassing, honestly." her lips quirk as she pours one cup and then fills another. "At least all those muscles come in handy for something every now and then, though."

She reaches out to offer him one of the teacups, meeting his gaze. "I'm pretty sure I've never been bored a single moment in your classroom. But I'll be sure to let you know if that changes. It must be good to have access to your magic again. I understand that was pretty unstable down there."

[magicalarchaeologist]

"He was giving inspirational speeches down there. Or attempting to. He did stop after a few days which was for the best, the heckling was going to turn into mud throwing."

Istredd thinks on some level everyone appreciated him doing it for those first few days. Having someone attempt to reassure others was appreciated, especially as Istredd wasn't doing so well at trying it himself. He was doing it on a smaller level with the boys. He did eventually end up speaking too, but the opposite of inspirational.

"He's a good man. It turns out I like everyone from your sphere, at least so far." Istredd was close first with Wanda, and he knows she isn't particularly fond of Stephen, who he also works with regularly. It's an interesting group, all very different from each other, and yet bonded in their own experiences.

"Yes, I don't think I realized how much I rely on it." So many things just came to him naturally with his magic. "The interesting thing is how they managed to cut us off like that. My magic isn't like learning spells here, it is in my blood, my genetics. I know others there who said their abilities were physical, they shouldn't have been able to get scrambled like that." And yet.