Sisterly Appreciation

You end up cleaning up the fastest and start to wander around the abandoned facility. Luckily for you, since many of these warriors left just a day ago, you were able to find some somewhat "fresh" chunks of bread scattered around tables and bins of trash. It's not the most sanitary but you're starving and you know Claire and Ashe probably are as well. You walk over and grab one of the torches you lit and bring it over to a table, holding some of the bread close by the flame, to slightly cook it up, getting rid of any diseases you hope, but also to get the staleness out of the bread to hopefully make it taste a little better.

As you continue to cook up the bread you see your sister leave her room. Her wet hair, not tied back in a pony tail but sprawled across her shoulders and upper back, her face, completely clean of any type of make up, the simple cloth tunic and pants make her look like such a commoner. But still, she's absolutely gorgeous. You can't recall the last time you've seen Claire completely cleaned up without any type of make up on her face or her hair completely down. No jewelry at all in her hair or piercing through her ears. She was completely natural. Complete natural beauty. Such Perfection. Your eyes just stare at her body as she slowly walks over toward your direction, her hips aren't even swaying, her smile isn't even showing, her eyes aren't even popping, but she still looks absolutely amazing. It probably doesn't help that you can see her somewhat erect nipples under the cloth tunic, obviously it's a light piece of cloth and it's quite chilly in this room.

"Shit!" you shake your head as you pull the piece of bread you were holding away from the fire, frowning slightly as you see you completely charred on one side of it as you daydreamed about your sister.

"Hey Darien" Claire smiles at you "is that dinner?"

You just nod at your sister, still somewhat speechless at her perfect form.

She continues to slowly walk your direction, planting herself down next to you, shoulder to shoulder, her right arm reaches around your hip, holding you close. Her head tilts to the side, her cheek resting against your shoulder. You take the opportunity to rest your head on the top of her head, just enjoying her presence. "Thank you..." she whispers out "For always being there for me..."

You lift your head up, turn it towards her and give her a kiss on the top of head "Anything for you Claire." you whisper softly "I love you." you give her another peck on the top of her slightly wet hair.

She just holds you closer, enjoying your warmth. The two of you just continue to look at the flickering flame of the torch as you continue to hold it next to the piece of bread, continuing to warm it up. Many long minutes pass by and neither of you say anything.

The silence is suddenly broken by Claire "I'm tired..." she mumbles out... "tired of all of this." her head snuggles hard into the notch of your neck "I've been alone...alone and fighting for so many years now. I just want it all to end." her hand pulls you harder across your waist.

"Claire..." you can't think of what to say.

She doesn't say anything else. Her body slowly tilts, her one hand still around your waist but her body turns slightly and she brings her other arm around the front of your body, giving you a hug across your torso, her head still positioning perfectly between your chin and shoulder, right in your neck.

The two of you sit there for many minutes, enjoying the moment of silence. The candlelight dancing with it's flame as you continue to warm up the somewhat spoiled pieces of bread. You were holding strong even though you were the younger brother, you wanted to show strength for your sister, show that you would always be there for her. "It's okay, Claire." you pull her firm into your grip "I'll always be here for you...no matter what." you continue to rest your cheek on the top of her head. You thought you could hold it together. You're not the most emotional person. But the instant you felt that slightly warm drop of water fall down and hit your hand that you had wrapped around Claire's body caused you to lose it. Your sister, the strongest person you've ever known, shed a tear at the situation you were in. You could only swallow hard as you pulled her even closer. "I love you Claire." you rub your hand up and down her side, showing her affection "Always and forever...it won't be much longer...I promise. We'll get out of here. We can leave. Live someplace peacefully. You and Me."

She just snuggles closer to you, staying silent, enjoying the warmth of your body. She quickly sniffles as another tear drop falls down, gracing the side of your index finger once more.

At that moment you hear the other bedroom door open up as it seems Ashe has finally finished up.