your eyes across a crowded room, just like it's only me and you
Certainly there was no need for Ever to say that he'd been practicing, but he couldn't help but feel a quiet thrill in response to Isla's approval. Finding out what he liked and what he didn't, had been for him, as they'd discussed. Trying to better himself in the process, however, had purely been for her.
Breathing in deeply as Isla's fingers began to work at the tie around his neck, the aviator raised an eyebrow with a restrained smirk. "Well if you hated the tie so much, you might have just said." He murmured dryly before fitting his hands on either side of her waist, fingers extended around her as if they might meet in the middle such was her size.
"You were absolutely radiant tonight, I hope you know. I could hardly take my eyes off of you." Not when she'd been with Flora, not with Remi. Not with the others who had begged for a place on her dance card or had wanted a quick word. In every minute and in every moment, Isla had sparkled, and gods if the aviator wasn't keen to prove just how much he appreciated merely being in her light.
Breathing in deeply as Isla's fingers began to work at the tie around his neck, the aviator raised an eyebrow with a restrained smirk. "Well if you hated the tie so much, you might have just said." He murmured dryly before fitting his hands on either side of her waist, fingers extended around her as if they might meet in the middle such was her size.
"You were absolutely radiant tonight, I hope you know. I could hardly take my eyes off of you." Not when she'd been with Flora, not with Remi. Not with the others who had begged for a place on her dance card or had wanted a quick word. In every minute and in every moment, Isla had sparkled, and gods if the aviator wasn't keen to prove just how much he appreciated merely being in her light.
