"I don't know what to say," Lily breathed as she stared at him with wide eyes, smiling and stunned.
"Yes." Her arms went around him as she squeaked the word out, pulling him into an incredibly tight hug, stifling a jubilant, girlish little giggle against his shoulder. It was more than she ever expected to hear about a future together and she couldn't hide how happy it made her.
"Even if it's always falling to pieces, I'd want to stay behind with you." Saying something like that wasn't without a twinge of guilt accompanying it, and her expression fell as her thoughts turned to the fight she was leaving behind, and all the people she wouldn't see again.
It felt like a promise- like the start of something. Tenuous, he reminded himself. People disappeared. If he lost her.. Goddess, but he couldn't be sure he'd have anything to hold him steady. He'd tear off to Taravast, travel for a time in a vain search, then stay in Ellethia if death didn't find him before then, and spend his life working to repair that cycle.
Eleven's arms tightened around her. He prayed to whatever deity might hear him that they could stay together.
He breathed and pressed a kiss into her hair. "I think my mum would have liked you, too."
Keeping her arms around him Lily rest her head against his shoulder, smiling to herself. "I didn't want to hope you'd want something like this," she began, her voice muffled partially against the fabric of his coat.
"I've been so torn about going home and back to the war." If Hermione had still been fighting it in the time she hailed from, what difference would it make if she continued down the path being abducted to this world had set her on? Honor and duty were important, but a future with Eleven was more than she had let herself hope for previously, how could she refuse?
Eleven's stomach dropped. The war. What an awful thing to go back to. He shivered and loosed a breath.
"You shouldn't have to," he said, even knowing as he spoke the weight of obligation she was likely struggling under. "If you could be happier in this world, staying with me.."
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Date: 2022-03-10 03:10 am (UTC)"Yes." Her arms went around him as she squeaked the word out, pulling him into an incredibly tight hug, stifling a jubilant, girlish little giggle against his shoulder. It was more than she ever expected to hear about a future together and she couldn't hide how happy it made her.
"Even if it's always falling to pieces, I'd want to stay behind with you." Saying something like that wasn't without a twinge of guilt accompanying it, and her expression fell as her thoughts turned to the fight she was leaving behind, and all the people she wouldn't see again.
"I wish you could've met my Mum and Dad though."
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Date: 2022-03-13 10:20 pm (UTC)Eleven's arms tightened around her. He prayed to whatever deity might hear him that they could stay together.
He breathed and pressed a kiss into her hair. "I think my mum would have liked you, too."
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Date: 2022-03-14 03:18 am (UTC)"I've been so torn about going home and back to the war." If Hermione had still been fighting it in the time she hailed from, what difference would it make if she continued down the path being abducted to this world had set her on? Honor and duty were important, but a future with Eleven was more than she had let herself hope for previously, how could she refuse?
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Date: 2022-03-22 05:04 am (UTC)"You shouldn't have to," he said, even knowing as he spoke the weight of obligation she was likely struggling under. "If you could be happier in this world, staying with me.."