empty handed - goldric oneshots/drabbz

goldric week day 2 - winter

Eda smiled fondly. "Alright, there's safety in numbers. Just call me if something happens, twerps," she finished, ruffling her hand through Luz's hair. 

Hunter had been wanting her to do that to him since he got there. It felt like a silly thing to want, but the way Luz always smiled afterwards made Hunter feel warm inside. 

So, he decided to get up and sit over where Luz was sitting, hopefully hinting to Eda what he wanted.

Eda looked down at the blonde boy sitting next to Luz, who seemed more shy than usual. She figured she'd take a chance, that Hunter would just move away if he wasn't ready.

She tentatively reached out a hand to Hunter's head, Hunter smile growing. Eda beamed at the happy face he was making, ruffling gently through white locks of hair. Hunter closed his eyes and giggled, a sight that caught everyone off guard. (off golden guard haha guys do you get it it's because hunter used to be the golden gu-)

Eda felt her heart warm at the scene of Hunter openly being affectionate and receiving care. Hunter looked back up at her, blinking before he stood to go to his room. He felt a lot happier than he's been in a while.

Yes, Eda did cry when he went upstairs. Not the point. 

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Hunter came back down the stairs, looking forward to going to the Knee with his new friends. He knew if he was asked about these kinds of plans a few months ago, he would have rudely shoved Luz off and went to his room. Then he would have had a breakdown about upsetting her.

But he felt nice this time. 

"Hunter! You ready to head out?" Luz asked, pulling on her boots. Hunter smiled and nodded, grabbing his palisman. 

"Wanna ride there on mine?" He asked, since he assumed Eda would be keeping Owlbert with her. Luz nodded, grabbing a small pile of glyphs. 

"Alright Eda, we're heading out now!" Luz exclaimed from the door. "Byeeeee!" Hunter shouted, the two of them hopping onto his staff, riding off into the sky. 

"How do you know how to get to the Knee?" Luz asked. 

"I've had my fair share of missions up here, so I'm familiar enough with the area," He finished, banking downwards to the snowy grounds.

Hunter politely helped Luz off of the staff, poking her in the arm with it as he walked in front of her. 

"Oh Titan Hunter, I'm simply done for!" Luz exclaimed dramatically, falling into a pile of herself in the snow.

Hunter made a disgusted face, chuckling as he helped her up. 

"C'mon, we've gotta go find the Blights, human." Luz scoffed as they walked on into the depths of the mountain. 

Emira lay on the cold chunks of snow on the ground beneath her, stretching out as she listened for any on-comers.

She glanced over to see Amity setting up a wall of defense as Edric built up a pyramid of snowballs.

She smiled to herself. Edric had started to grow into the older brother role more and more as of late.

Her smile faltered when Edric tried to put abomination goop inside the snowballs, Amity's expression speaking for itself.

"That should be illegal," she sighed, circling her finger to remove the goop and return it to the canteen on her hip. Edric huffed. 

"It wasn't a bad idea, Mittens. You're just mad you can't make it work!" He said, elbowing her arm.