REXANNA
the world gives you so much pain
and here you are making gold out of it —
Her gaze softens on him as he explains, and she nods in response quietly, understanding what he means by living with him in a cell. Regardless of it all, despite the poor decisions he had made, she knows that he’ll change and adjust — if for nobody else but for her. And she hopes it’ll be enough. And as she instructs him, the words lingering on the tip of her tongue but unable to be said, afraid the timing was wrong, but also afraid she might not be afforded another chance to say it; she offers him a slightly wider smile as he confirms he won’t do anything else stupid. But then when he pauses once more, gesturing for her to come closer to the bars, she obliges.and here you are making gold out of it —
Her fingers are still wound around the cold metal bars and she leans in close, as though he has a secret to tell her; but what he does tell her is far better than any kind of secret.
“I love you, with all my heart and more.”
She thought she’d be terrified of the words, because so many things had happened (such terrible, dark things) under the guise of love — but with Bastien it was different. Unlike everyone else, he cared for her. He cared so very much, that she almost couldn’t contain the spiraling of butterflies within her stomach and the small pricks of tears that rushed for her sapphire eyes. But she is able to, as she turns to look at him through the bars and reaches through again to stroke his check and his temple, a finger curling in his tangled hair. “I love you too, Bastien.” She says quietly, only so he could hear. “So, so very much.” and it almost breaks her heart to leave him there; but with the revelation she can’t seem to wait to try and get him out — to share in the abundance of love and what it truly is like.
She can’t do that when he’s down here. She can’t embrace him and bury her face into his chest, into his (lukewarm) warmth, and forget about all the other problems in the world. So she moves away from the bars and offers him the brightest grin she can before turning away from him.
Rexanna has so much work to do.
there is nothing purer than that
