[even with a future laid out for them back in their universe, everything here seems to hang with uncertainty. her own feelings, still, remain muddled, despite knowing that she does love him, there ever-remains the hurt of the horror of what he did to their people. and what's to come in the future of their universe does haunt her.
that there exists another person she cares for that she cannot save.
but, here--
the kiss feels right, in a way it shouldn't, and his hands around her, then coming to rest at her waist, also feel comforting in a way she never thought she could feel again beside him. it's a familiarity few others could offer, and while it was her intent to snap him out of his moroseness, she feels no pride, no intent to "beat" him.
her own cheeks are dusted a deep shade of pink, and her hand moves from his neck to once again rest against his face, gazing up at him.]
What we do here is not hopeless. And what you do here matters to me.
[and then, she does pull herself into him for a hug, arms around him, cheek pressed to his chest. even through his armour he feels warm and...she missed this. try as she may have to forget what they once had, she knows she can't.]
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that there exists another person she cares for that she cannot save.
but, here--
the kiss feels right, in a way it shouldn't, and his hands around her, then coming to rest at her waist, also feel comforting in a way she never thought she could feel again beside him. it's a familiarity few others could offer, and while it was her intent to snap him out of his moroseness, she feels no pride, no intent to "beat" him.
her own cheeks are dusted a deep shade of pink, and her hand moves from his neck to once again rest against his face, gazing up at him.]
What we do here is not hopeless. And what you do here matters to me.
[and then, she does pull herself into him for a hug, arms around him, cheek pressed to his chest. even through his armour he feels warm and...she missed this. try as she may have to forget what they once had, she knows she can't.]