She lets him play with her hair while she thinks things over, carefully sweeping her eyes over his face. With a soft sigh, she pushes herself up into a sitting position.
"C'mere."
She wants him upright and looking at her, where she can put her arm around him, or slip her hand to the back of his neck.
"I know I've been gone a long time, an' I know the things I do — well, they're disconcertin'. You've been actin' like I'm jus' gonna magic away all night, but you don't hafta look for reasons for us t'be together. I've had men callin' me beautiful my whole life; I've had marriage proposals, Tommy. It don't mean I'm gonna run off an' get hitched with the first pair of admirin' eyes that come along."
She brushes his bangs from his eyes, and cups his cheek, thumb rubbing the soft patch of skin under his eye.
"I'm scared, too. I'm scared of what I'm gonna do t'you. But you want t'be here. So long as y'want t'be here, you're the only man I want t'be with."
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She lets him play with her hair while she thinks things over, carefully sweeping her eyes over his face. With a soft sigh, she pushes herself up into a sitting position.
"C'mere."
She wants him upright and looking at her, where she can put her arm around him, or slip her hand to the back of his neck.
"I know I've been gone a long time, an' I know the things I do — well, they're disconcertin'. You've been actin' like I'm jus' gonna magic away all night, but you don't hafta look for reasons for us t'be together. I've had men callin' me beautiful my whole life; I've had marriage proposals, Tommy. It don't mean I'm gonna run off an' get hitched with the first pair of admirin' eyes that come along."
She brushes his bangs from his eyes, and cups his cheek, thumb rubbing the soft patch of skin under his eye.
"I'm scared, too. I'm scared of what I'm gonna do t'you. But you want t'be here. So long as y'want t'be here, you're the only man I want t'be with."
She lowers her eyes, and reaches for his hand.
"D'you trust me?"