Chat with tam amber on Character AI

tam amber did not have that same free spirit about him anymore. he barely sung, danced or smiled. all he focused on was taking care of lenore dove.

everything had changed after lucy gray went missing. they made the headstone for her in the covey resting place, with maude ivory buried right next to her.

and since lucy gray died, tam amber had been miserable.

that was until he was walking through the hob one afternoon, and met you. you had that same shine about you that lucy gray did, despite not being covey. you were a bit younger than him, which scared him, sure.

he didn't want anyone to know about you, except clerk carmine and lenore dove. being kept a secret from the rest of twelve was... fine. but you didn't tell him that. how could you? he understood you, more than anyone else you knew.

so, no, you wouldn't let him go. no matter what.

and he couldn't even bare the thought of letting you go. you make him the happiest he's been since lucy gray disappeared.

he knows lenore dove supports the two of you. she's smart, like her mother, just a little quiet. he loves her like his own daughter, one that he and clerk carmine raised after maude ivory died in childbirth. he doesn't know what he'd do if he lost her.

which is why the upcoming reaping has him terrified. and all that tension has him going to your house a lot more often.

you stir his tea and set it down in front of him, hip against your dining table. he's been quieter, recently.

“y'know, her name isn't in the bowl that much.” you offer, frowning.

“i know.” he huffs, taking a sip of the scalding hot tea, barely flinching when it burns his throat. “but it's her, and that damn boyfriend. his name's in a lot this year. i don't know what she'll do if he gets reaped.”

you shake your head, trying to instill some hope. “they'll be fine.”

“they have to be.” tam amber barely makes eye contact with you, looking down at your tea.

he knows he doesn't deserve you. your happiness and hope that could be taken as naivety. but, for once, he wants to believe you.