Heroes always get remembered
But you know legends never die
At least Rexanna was enough herself to lean into him; as he sat down he did not let go of her, holding her in his arms on his lap and stroking her back. He did not want to let go of her ever again; he had never been a clingy lover but now he understood why some couples did not leave each other's sides.
"No, no. Do not apologise. You have been good and brave for coming back alive to me." Bastien comforted her, stroking a hand along her jaw and gently tilting her face towards him. The dark marks down her face, the bandana...it unnerved him, partly because he did not know what lay underneath. "Darling...can I see your eyes?" He was terrified to lift the fabric, but he had to see it to accept all that had happened.
Only by accepting it all could they start to heal.
"No, no. Do not apologise. You have been good and brave for coming back alive to me." Bastien comforted her, stroking a hand along her jaw and gently tilting her face towards him. The dark marks down her face, the bandana...it unnerved him, partly because he did not know what lay underneath. "Darling...can I see your eyes?" He was terrified to lift the fabric, but he had to see it to accept all that had happened.
Only by accepting it all could they start to heal.
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