She shut her eyes as if trying to memorize the feel of his lips, even though she had done so long ago, the first or second brush of lips. She had known then that she wished to remember them for a long, long while.
"You give so much." In this, with the physical gift and the affection unspoken, and when he had held her as she shook under the specter of her past. Every day in his love for her. The least she could do was give a little more than her love back.
She snatched up the bracelet, too fast, and pushed it onto her wrist. Her hand stayed around it, her thumb working over the engraved, sweeping lines.
"I was to be married back home," Hild began, her voice somewhat unsteady. "To-- The betrothal ceremony was about to begin. I was seconds away from it and then I arrived here. It was a complete surprise. A shock. I felt like-- I know you ask for nothing, but I want you to know why it's hard for me."
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"You give so much." In this, with the physical gift and the affection unspoken, and when he had held her as she shook under the specter of her past. Every day in his love for her. The least she could do was give a little more than her love back.
She snatched up the bracelet, too fast, and pushed it onto her wrist. Her hand stayed around it, her thumb working over the engraved, sweeping lines.
"I was to be married back home," Hild began, her voice somewhat unsteady. "To-- The betrothal ceremony was about to begin. I was seconds away from it and then I arrived here. It was a complete surprise. A shock. I felt like-- I know you ask for nothing, but I want you to know why it's hard for me."