and the winter passed and the sun shone upon her- chapter 1
Thanks to the lovely @primalmusic and @sam7sparks7 for beta reading! (All mistakes are mine). You guys are amazing <3
A few hours into their mall trip sees the four of them with various bags and smoothies. It’s Isobel’s favorite kind of outing, one packed with all sorts of colors and new things to experience. Which is what sees them being dragged from store to store by their overly enthusiastic sister.
Max doesn’t mind at all, she’s managed to find a dress and a translated copy of Renée Vivien’s poetry. All in all a successful outing, even without the constant sibling bickering that has a dopey grin on her face.
“You two are impossible,” Dallas chuckles.
Isobel finally manages to free the buckle from the box. “Ta da!”
“Impossible?” Michael scoffs, passing the recently de-buckled belt to Isobel. “We’re just celebrating your turn to the macho cowboy side of the tracks.”
“Macho?” Dallas quirks a brow.
“He’s right,” Max says, “definitely more melancholic.”
“Two for two,” Isobel says, clicking the buckle into place. It’s silver and ornate, there are four turquoise inlays surrounded by swirling intricate metal. A metaphor if Max ever saw one. Dallas’s first belt buckle, bought on his first mall trip with his newly discovered siblings, being a cluster of four similarly built and shaped stones.
“The both of you definitely got our angsty nerd categories covered,” Michael snorts.