[It feels so formal the way she starts out that his nerves promptly double and he loses some of the strength in his hands. Well enough they're just sitting there as his heart is laid out between them, measured and questioned.
Some color drains from his face while the tiny pinprick in his heart he'd only just uncovered earlier in the day bleeds out again.
Maybe they could.. or not? His eyes flick to hers, suspecting the meaning behind her uncertainty. His heart raced faster with it. Would that it wasn't so terribly stupid]
I do love you; I know that. [He swallowed, rattled with nerves] But the reason you're asking..
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Some color drains from his face while the tiny pinprick in his heart he'd only just uncovered earlier in the day bleeds out again.
Maybe they could.. or not? His eyes flick to hers, suspecting the meaning behind her uncertainty. His heart raced faster with it. Would that it wasn't so terribly stupid]
I do love you; I know that. [He swallowed, rattled with nerves] But the reason you're asking..