"Wifey!" Merwyn popped up from the crowd of fae like...
Like some kind of pretty little jump scare.
Emily had gotten separated from both Mia and Adrien only a short while ago when she got up to go explore the celebration - specifically to hunt down what seemed to be some fireworks in the distance.
Rather than find them though...
Merwyn showed up before she'd even managed to really search too terribly thoroughly.
Right up close in her face.
Leaving her to reel back and nearly stumble.
Merwyn immediately reached out and grabbed her, keeping her from falling or twisting anything.
He was stronger than he looked.
That was all that ran through Emily's head in that brief moment, her body on high alert from the surprise of being startled.
The next thing to filter in was Merwyn's laughing voice and his merry humming as he let her go once she'd stabilized.
She still scowled at him though.
