Lori stared at Aubrey for several long minutes. She had absolutely no clue who this man was or what he was, she just knew he was the complete opposite of who she, herself was falling for. This Aubrey was was ill-tempered, he was an explosive device packed with C-4 with the world's shortest wick.
She pressed four fingers to his face and drug them across his cheek whipping away the thick tears that fell, he closed his eyes frowning in embarrassment no longer angry at Nebby but with himself, this not and never was going to be a side of himself that Lori would see. This was an old long gone Aubrey, an adolescent Aubrey, a young and dumb Aubrey, but unfortunately certain past life occurrences triggered this Aubrey and what came out of the barrel was not pretty in the slightest. It was concern
