08-28-2025, 08:19 AM
Marta was in the other room with Cadence. He had given her a hug and tried to make her feel better. She’d need more than that to deal with this. She knew he meant well, and he was probably right. But she wasn’t in a good place. The issue of consent was a big trigger for her and she wasn’t finding it hard to get out of the spiral.
But Cadence was there hugging her tight. She seemed perfectly comfortable in the role of shoulder to cry on. Marta literally was crying into her shoulder. Cadence said very little - only offering small words of comfort like “it’s okay” and reminders to breathe. Then she began to hum. The song was unfamiliar to Marta, but it was pretty. It helped Marta calm down.
”Thats a pretty song. Are you a siren?” she had to wonder.
Cadence let out a short laugh. ”No. just a singer who can use magic. Nothing supernatural about that song. Just the power of music.” Marta relaxed a little, pulling away so she could look at her. ”Just don’t tell anyone. No one’s supposed to hear that one yet.” she whispered conspiratorially.
Marta’s eyes widened. ”From your new album?”
Cadence smirked and gave her the signal to be quiet. ”Anything I can do to help?”
Marta shrugged. She already had a bit. She’d calmed Marta down. ”Not much more than you have. I know you’re busy, but if you can stay a bit, it would help to not be alone.” she had more people here she could be with, but moving seemed hard right now.
”Got the whole day free. Here as long as you need.”
Marta gave her another hug, and the tears started again, even if the weren’t so heavy. Cadence just let her cry, telling her everything would be okay and if she wanted to talk, she’d be there.
But Cadence was there hugging her tight. She seemed perfectly comfortable in the role of shoulder to cry on. Marta literally was crying into her shoulder. Cadence said very little - only offering small words of comfort like “it’s okay” and reminders to breathe. Then she began to hum. The song was unfamiliar to Marta, but it was pretty. It helped Marta calm down.
”Thats a pretty song. Are you a siren?” she had to wonder.
Cadence let out a short laugh. ”No. just a singer who can use magic. Nothing supernatural about that song. Just the power of music.” Marta relaxed a little, pulling away so she could look at her. ”Just don’t tell anyone. No one’s supposed to hear that one yet.” she whispered conspiratorially.
Marta’s eyes widened. ”From your new album?”
Cadence smirked and gave her the signal to be quiet. ”Anything I can do to help?”
Marta shrugged. She already had a bit. She’d calmed Marta down. ”Not much more than you have. I know you’re busy, but if you can stay a bit, it would help to not be alone.” she had more people here she could be with, but moving seemed hard right now.
”Got the whole day free. Here as long as you need.”
Marta gave her another hug, and the tears started again, even if the weren’t so heavy. Cadence just let her cry, telling her everything would be okay and if she wanted to talk, she’d be there.