Octavia squeezed her eyes shut. It forced a tear onto her other cheek, too, but guess that was a lost cause, anyway. She didn't really notice. Just like she didn't notice how tightly she was holding the shark to her chest.

Not when it was so soft.

Not when she was wrapped up in warmth like this, their voices so sweet in her ears.

Her inhale was a little noisy with how shuddery it was.