and if you maybe find a better way to love me then
“I have, and it still only feels like I’ve seen the very surface of it.” There’s a grin in Jonah’s voice, hidden away from Amalia by the way he turns, looking out into the sunset. “I didn’t grow up anywhere near here though.” His head tips so the sudden warmth of his smile can be pointed at Amalia, his hands paused for the moment. “Stormbreak, if you can believe it.”
His reveal is far less dramatic than hers though, whether Amalia knows it or not. Jonah’s face sinks the moment her words touch the air, his eyes widening in uncomfortable surprise. “Really? I guess uh... we’re more similar than I thought.” He reaches out blindly then, searching for anything that he can shove in his mouth as a distraction, his cheeks full when the Demi-gods eyes grace him again. His gaze is guiltily pointed away from her, locked on his own lap this time.
Jonah can’t chew forever though, and he probably should have been using the time think about what he was goi no to say, instead of simply speaking. “Sometimes it’s easier to just get away from him for a bit.” There’s nothing but quiet understanding in his tone. “I understand.”
His reveal is far less dramatic than hers though, whether Amalia knows it or not. Jonah’s face sinks the moment her words touch the air, his eyes widening in uncomfortable surprise. “Really? I guess uh... we’re more similar than I thought.” He reaches out blindly then, searching for anything that he can shove in his mouth as a distraction, his cheeks full when the Demi-gods eyes grace him again. His gaze is guiltily pointed away from her, locked on his own lap this time.
Jonah can’t chew forever though, and he probably should have been using the time think about what he was goi no to say, instead of simply speaking. “Sometimes it’s easier to just get away from him for a bit.” There’s nothing but quiet understanding in his tone. “I understand.”
JONAH
