[ He closes his eyes; his thoughts are jumbled, scattered. There are a million things he wants to do to her, to tell her, and yet he finds himself momentarily tongue-tied, caught by her closeness. It is his turn, now, to smooth his hands down her sides, her hips, over her arms -- a halting exploration of all the ways in which she is whole. ]
Am I to forever be in your debt?
[ Because he is; in many ways, in many shapes and forms. She is the one who plans, who rescues, who searches.
He... had given up. Oh, he'd thought he'd return home one day, but until that time came, he was content enough to live within the rules he had been given. To miss her unbearably, but impotently, from worlds away.
He knows, with razor-sharp clarity, that she would not have made the same choices.
His hand comes to rest on her head, tender fingers slipping through her hair. ]
I am sorry I did not find you sooner.
[ He lets it hang between them, just for a moment, and then he pulls away just enough to peer into her face. ]
...will you stay here?
[ It's a practical question, not an emotional one; she must have assigned lodgings of her own, and this place is not exactly palatial, but--
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Am I to forever be in your debt?
[ Because he is; in many ways, in many shapes and forms. She is the one who plans, who rescues, who searches.
He... had given up. Oh, he'd thought he'd return home one day, but until that time came, he was content enough to live within the rules he had been given. To miss her unbearably, but impotently, from worlds away.
He knows, with razor-sharp clarity, that she would not have made the same choices.
His hand comes to rest on her head, tender fingers slipping through her hair. ]
I am sorry I did not find you sooner.
[ He lets it hang between them, just for a moment, and then he pulls away just enough to peer into her face. ]
...will you stay here?
[ It's a practical question, not an emotional one; she must have assigned lodgings of her own, and this place is not exactly palatial, but--
But he's anxious to hear her answer regardless. ]