[ Taking care of things is what Declan does best, and Matthew knows very well Declan was not his father's favorite, and is not his mother's either, and that does seem unfair. Declan has been taking care of all of them. But he doesn't know how to say it out loud, to his dad, without overstepping.
He actually blushes at the question, because he disobeyed too and he can't lie about it. ]
I don't know exactly, [ he admits. ] But the first time we went back together was a year.
[ A year later. Matthew still remembers being so worried at first, about how mad Declan would be, and then by the time they got there he was just happy to be home again. ]
Mom was there. But we took her somewhere else, and she's awake now.
[ The thoughts his mother compel something in him, and Matthew suddenly sits up and leans over, reaching to loosen the straps around Muiread's wrists. It's not defiance against Niall (though surely no one else could've tied her there like that); he doesn't even think about it, or why the daemon is bound in thr first place. Matthew just wants to help her out. ]
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He actually blushes at the question, because he disobeyed too and he can't lie about it. ]
I don't know exactly, [ he admits. ] But the first time we went back together was a year.
[ A year later. Matthew still remembers being so worried at first, about how mad Declan would be, and then by the time they got there he was just happy to be home again. ]
Mom was there. But we took her somewhere else, and she's awake now.
[ The thoughts his mother compel something in him, and Matthew suddenly sits up and leans over, reaching to loosen the straps around Muiread's wrists. It's not defiance against Niall (though surely no one else could've tied her there like that); he doesn't even think about it, or why the daemon is bound in thr first place. Matthew just wants to help her out. ]