If I can stop one heart from breaking
If I can ease one life the aching
If I can ease one life the aching
Her troubled expression has him softening and holding his tongue, not wanting to explain the specifics lest she feel even guiltier. It had been a gesture Harper had taken willingly onto himself and he would hear no objections to it. So why give her the opportunity to even utter them?
Besides, there are pancakes to focus on! Harper's laugh is loud in the otherwise silent kitchen, but it's a shameless, boisterous thing. "I'll never understand why that kid doesn't like sweets. But more for us, right?" Jude even preferred tart fruits to sweet ones, and Harper was both happy for his teeth and devastated that the boy didn't share his sweet tooth.
She is a tough bargainer, and Harper narrows his eyes at her playfully. "Blackmail? In my own home?" Clutching his chest as if wounded, he stumbles forward feigning being stabbed - and right into her orbit, where he hands her the chocolate chips with a grin. "Consider them advanced payment. If you break our agreement though..." Harper wags a finger at her, letting her imagine a punishment that would never come. "Now tell me what part you want me to do." He suspects the answer might be 'nothing', but hopefully she will indulge him. He'd feel guilty to have her make breakfast all on her own. When she does it with Jude it feels less like an apology.
Besides, there are pancakes to focus on! Harper's laugh is loud in the otherwise silent kitchen, but it's a shameless, boisterous thing. "I'll never understand why that kid doesn't like sweets. But more for us, right?" Jude even preferred tart fruits to sweet ones, and Harper was both happy for his teeth and devastated that the boy didn't share his sweet tooth.
She is a tough bargainer, and Harper narrows his eyes at her playfully. "Blackmail? In my own home?" Clutching his chest as if wounded, he stumbles forward feigning being stabbed - and right into her orbit, where he hands her the chocolate chips with a grin. "Consider them advanced payment. If you break our agreement though..." Harper wags a finger at her, letting her imagine a punishment that would never come. "Now tell me what part you want me to do." He suspects the answer might be 'nothing', but hopefully she will indulge him. He'd feel guilty to have her make breakfast all on her own. When she does it with Jude it feels less like an apology.
I shall not live in vain
HARPER
