LOCKE
He doesn't let her go but he does push her back a tad, reaching past her to turn the water off. He lets her words settle into his bones, under his skin. He has no reason to not believe her. No reason to feel the sudden fight or flight response he gets. But it ebbs away like the last tendrils of soot from their skin. He gives her another kiss, finally pulling away to look at her. Her hair curls just a bit when it's wet and it clings to her face. Her eyes are heavy with sleep and she looks as exhausted as he feels. And she's all the more beautiful for it.
That tight chest feeling, the love he's been denying himself, comes back again as he tries to hold this moment in his head. And then he laughs because he's tired and he's been so fucking worried but she's right here. This time she was the one waiting for him to stop being so stupid, wasn't she? "Fuck, Mae. If anything would've happened to you.." The Slagveld burning would've looked like a match.
He presses one last kiss to her nose before stepping out of the shower and gingerly taking a towel. He dries what he can of his hands, leaving little red pinpricks on the towel. At least it's not one of Maeve's good towels.. "There's a first aid kit under the counter. Should have bandages.. If I remembered to put any in it last time.." He's pretty sure he did.
That tight chest feeling, the love he's been denying himself, comes back again as he tries to hold this moment in his head. And then he laughs because he's tired and he's been so fucking worried but she's right here. This time she was the one waiting for him to stop being so stupid, wasn't she? "Fuck, Mae. If anything would've happened to you.." The Slagveld burning would've looked like a match.
He presses one last kiss to her nose before stepping out of the shower and gingerly taking a towel. He dries what he can of his hands, leaving little red pinpricks on the towel. At least it's not one of Maeve's good towels.. "There's a first aid kit under the counter. Should have bandages.. If I remembered to put any in it last time.." He's pretty sure he did.
I wanna make up my mind
But I don't know myself
But I don't know myself
