[ A tremble passes down her spine when he says the words once more, and then he kisses her and her eyes close, fingers still resting against his cheeks as he speaks. The tears slip from the corners of her eyes and onto her own face, her breath is short and her heart fast. On the first murmur she feels her stomach do an awkward, unhappy flip; but for each time he speaks the words it gets that little bit easier, until the desperate need to run away is no longer the first thing on her mind, but cocooned and supported by his warmth.
Only now does she start to return the kisses, her mouth soft against his and wet with her tearsโ although why she's crying she couldn't begin to tell himโ and her arms move to circle him once more, holding him close in reply to the arms wrapped around her, grateful not just for his support but that of the wall lest her trembling legs collapse underneath her.
She's scared. She's terrified. But holding the words back changes nothing about how she feels, especially now that they're already in the air between them, her mouth to his ears, answered in kind. ]
...I love you too.
[ It's a whisper against his mouth this time, a reply after countless murmurs of the same words against her lips, and she can't quite help the way her hips arch slowly up against his, a sudden need to seal her words not only with kisses but the movements of her body, too, if she can manage to remain upright for long enough.
Archons help her, she never imagined she would feel like this. ]
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Only now does she start to return the kisses, her mouth soft against his and wet with her tearsโ although why she's crying she couldn't begin to tell himโ and her arms move to circle him once more, holding him close in reply to the arms wrapped around her, grateful not just for his support but that of the wall lest her trembling legs collapse underneath her.
She's scared. She's terrified. But holding the words back changes nothing about how she feels, especially now that they're already in the air between them, her mouth to his ears, answered in kind. ]
...I love you too.
[ It's a whisper against his mouth this time, a reply after countless murmurs of the same words against her lips, and she can't quite help the way her hips arch slowly up against his, a sudden need to seal her words not only with kisses but the movements of her body, too, if she can manage to remain upright for long enough.
Archons help her, she never imagined she would feel like this. ]