'Cause sometimes we don't really notice just how good it can get
so maybe we should start all over
so maybe we should start all over
His surprise makes her shoulders shake slightly as if meaning to laugh, but little noise comes out. Emotions too fraught to make way for humor, because she has been in his shoes and knows it's not really funny; staring up at the axe and wondering why it isn't coming down, but waiting for the rope to snap belatedly because you can't dare to hope. As his hand takes hers, Hotaru squeezes it gently. She may not be able to break him physically, but that doesn't mean Sunjata doesn't deserve to be touched gently. "I can," she repeats softly, knowing he might need to hear it out loud a second time.
As his head tilts against hers, keeping her comfortably pressed up against his shoulders, she drinks in the shake of it as he laughs and lets her own heart slow and settle at last. Leaning her body weight into him without fear that he won't be able to hold her up, she pulls her legs up onto the bed to get comfortable against his side. The first step is taking their time.
"With this," she murmurs. "We order room service and leave the rest of the world out there where it belongs." Far away from the tentative beginnings of whatever this is. "And then I visit you in King's End like I promised, and again after Frey's mission is done. In between, you send me letters and I do the same." Maybe she's reading this wrong, but she thinks he needs her to guide them a little bit here, give them structure and goals to achieve while they muddle their way through the rest.
As his head tilts against hers, keeping her comfortably pressed up against his shoulders, she drinks in the shake of it as he laughs and lets her own heart slow and settle at last. Leaning her body weight into him without fear that he won't be able to hold her up, she pulls her legs up onto the bed to get comfortable against his side. The first step is taking their time.
"With this," she murmurs. "We order room service and leave the rest of the world out there where it belongs." Far away from the tentative beginnings of whatever this is. "And then I visit you in King's End like I promised, and again after Frey's mission is done. In between, you send me letters and I do the same." Maybe she's reading this wrong, but she thinks he needs her to guide them a little bit here, give them structure and goals to achieve while they muddle their way through the rest.
start all over again
Hotaru
