"V?"
The nickname just slipped out of her mouth, feeling all old and familiar, and Voren froze right there in place.
He let the word hang between them, turning it around in his head like some old coin he hadn't come across in forever.
A slow smile spread across his face, the soft and private kind that you can't force or pretend at all.
"You used to call me that back when we were younger." His voice got really low, like he was mostly saying it to himself instead of her. "Do you remember any of that stuff?"
Seraphine's cheeks heated up quick. She glanced away from him, over toward the window or anywhere else that wasn't right at his face. "I wish I did, honestly. I heard myself say it in one of those videos and it just came out like that. It sounded right to me."
