Prompt: Immunity
Sequel to Bullet and Ruined
Blackbird didn't know whether or not her immunity to Veloce's magic was a blessing or a curse. With a slight awkwardness, Veloce tried to clean the bullet wound the best she could but even then, the sparks to the sorceress' spells dissolved into the night air.
The assassin felt Veloce hesitate as she peeled the final layers of the soaked gauze, white threads barely showing through the glow of dried blood.
"This will sting a little."
A little… Blackbird mused as she flattened her lips.
It had become a tradition every night, once the group was asleep; only in the comfort her privacy, that Veloce's eyes were the only eyes laid upon her vulnerable body did Blackbird permit the sorceress to clean the wound.
If she didn't' have an immunity to Veloce's magic then she would have saved herself the trouble of waking the sorceress every night, and suffering bouts of a burning fever during the day. The assassin clenched the grass underneath and gave an agonizing hiss as Veloce poured a small bottle of ale over the open wound.
A few scratches brought about a twinge of worry to the last Visrin whenever she spotted them on her lover's body. However, that night when the assassin sloppily collapsed in front of the sorceress, nearly drowning in the sea of pain anddespair did Blackbird show a side of weakness not meant for anyone.
It hurts…
"Not a good year." Blackbird mumbled as she caught the bottle's label from the corner of her eye.
"Now's not the time to be picky." Veloce shook her head and placed an old rag on the assassin's bubbling skin. "I'm sorry; this is the cleanest cloth we have."
Shutting her eyes and placing her forehead against the assassin's, Veloce would take deep breaths, heavy and wheezing as if hyperventilating.
"Why, Blackbird…?" Veloce whispered, her eyes shut tightly. "Why did they do this to you?"
She didn't know why she was smiling, seeing the sorceress in such a state; gently Blackbird placed once of the sorceress' cold hands inside the folds of her clothes and hoped that Veloce would feel the warm beating of her heart.
-Fin-