[Circle of Sirens] - closed to Caden

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She goes to his place without calling, without thinking.

Les is gone, which doesn't make any sense. In a place like this where half the town has some kind of magical ability, where Les has powers she doesn't even know about, it doesn't make a goddamn bit of sense that he's missing. It seems inherently wrong and absurd and she thinks about calling Coop because she knows he and Les are friends, too, but when she finds she has her phone in her hands, she's not sure what to say.

He hadn't shown up for his plans with Corrine. He's not at home. He's certainly not at her place. No one can reach him, he isn't answering his calls or his texts. His front door had been left open. He's nowhere to be found and it doesn't make any sense.

She's on Caden's porch without knowing how she got there and she's banging on the front door and she's furious with herself because this behaviour is ridiculous. She isn't like this. She doesn't worry or overreact.

Les is probably fine.

Except no one knows where he is and what she's feeling is definitely worry. Because not that long ago, it had been her fault he'd been hurt. Not that long ago, she's the reason his safety had been threatened and now she can't help but wonder if it's her fault again.

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[writtenby_caden]

"Pretty sure I'd do that anyway." He laughs a little and puts a hand on her hip to pull her a little closer to him under the water, feeling the tip of her tail brush his leg every so often. He knows that she has the power to compel him, bend him to her will, but he's not worried about it. He smiles and reaches up to brush her wet hair out of her face. "I trust you."

He can't help but to grin, because it's the first time that she's ever really shared anything from her past with him. "I wanted to live in the ocean, too. I was out there all the time growing up, just floating on the waves. Things haven't changed much."

She feels different under his fingers like this, scales instead of smooth skin, and he lets his hands roam along her back, getting used to this new way she feels under his fingers. "Well, anytime you want to come out here like this, we can."

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Les has touched her like this and she thinks she should be surprised that in such a short period of time she's met two men who are willing to look past the way she looks when she's like this. It's not the sort of thing April thinks of as attractive, not when she's seen other sirens, those with scales that shimmer and sparkle in all kinds of colours, those who seem to light up from the inside with their song. Her eyes are black, her teeth are pointed. She's not the kind of siren sailors mistook for mermaids.

And yet both Les and Caden find it appealing anyway. Without her powers, without having to compel him. They're here.

"Thank you," she says with a small smile, letting her hands roam over his shoulders. "I'm not very good at saying that as often as I should, but... thank you."

[writtenby_caden]

"You don't have to say it," Caden assures her, but he's smiling. "But you're welcome anyway."

He puts his fingers under her chin and kisses her again, pulling her into a hug for a long moment before letting go. His fingers curl around her shoulders and he looks at her fondly, jerking his chin out towards deeper water. "Go swim if you need to, but come back to me when you're done, alright? I'll be here."