heathen’s kiss

Her cheeks turned bright red as he leaned down and whispered in her ear. She blinked, equal parts confused and surprised and...happy? Happy wasn't the right word but it was a good feeling. He pulled away and continued to speak, but somehow it just wasn't clicking. "Really?" she said at length, cheeks still red, staring at him wide-eyed. Of course, then she realized she sounded ridiculous and started to back-pedal. "I-I-I mean I just...me? I'm not...I'm not anything special though and you were a god apparently and I couldn't possibly...really?" she stuttered, doing absolutely nothing to pull herself out of her embarrassing hole. "I'm sorry I just...did I miss something that was supposed to make that clear before?" she asked, looking rather pitiful as she stood there, a confused, broken mess of insecurity. She had thought she had known what was going on, but clearly not! Phoebe In a gentle way, you can shake the world