Taking in Details

[Aethlinde Arlett]

Aethlinde Lorraine Arlett was extremely nervous. Okay, so she was always nervous but today her nerves were absolutely frazzled in comparison to the norm that was her personality. And it had everything to do with the person that was sitting on a branch of a tree with her. Havoc Zhefarovich. While it was true that she had some sort of connection with the Gryffindor, what exactly she did not know, for years already, she had never really grown out of her personality with him, although she did feel comfortable with not having her hair all over her face if it was only the two of them now. Blonde strands of her hair were now frequently tucked behind her ear when they were alone and she had even taken into putting on clips, pins or a headband at the rarest of times, though for today, her hair was let down and merely tucked behind her ear as she worked on her sketchbook, shading in shadows of her latest sketch. It was the reason for her nervousness really. It was a simple pencil sketch. The view of the Gardens from the opposite side of where they were, the tree they were in taking up most of the sketch. And on one of its branches was a darkened figure, just lounging, drawn like a dark shadow that was noticeable and yet not. She knew who it was and it unnerved her. She had never included humans in her drawings and yet in that black and white sketch was Havoc, though no one but her would probably know it was him. Aethlinde wanted to draw him, she was selfish enough to want to draw his face, every detail she could find but that would require asking for permission and really now was a good time as any seeing as it had been long since she had seen him, or actually felt him following her unlike before when she could often find him easily when he trailed her. Steeling her nerves as best as she could, she set her sketchbook on her lap and turned her head to look at the male with her before swallowing the inexistent lump residing in her throat. "H-Havoc? May I a-ask something of you?"
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