[It'd been a risk. A leap of faith, if you wanted to get completely cliche. For so long now, she'd been holding back, not wanting to tip the balance of something that circumstance had made so fragile. Not wanting to overstep her bounds, to force him into something that he'd have to take her word for. Fighting every last impulse to the death.
More than anything, she's tired of fighting. Especially when the prospect of the one thing she wants, the one thing she needs, is sitting right next to her. Maybe that makes her selfish in some way. But maybe she can be awarded that one small indulgence.
As the tension lifts, a smile flashes over her features, practically gone in five seconds, but it's unmistakable. Her eyes briefly cast downward to catch a glimpse of her hand on his, almost as if she needs visual confirmation of it, before lifting once more.]
I'll always be on your side. [It might be as hollow of a promise as anything is. But there's a weight to her words, one that implies something much deeper than what's on the surface of this conversation.]
i see how it is
More than anything, she's tired of fighting. Especially when the prospect of the one thing she wants, the one thing she needs, is sitting right next to her. Maybe that makes her selfish in some way. But maybe she can be awarded that one small indulgence.
As the tension lifts, a smile flashes over her features, practically gone in five seconds, but it's unmistakable. Her eyes briefly cast downward to catch a glimpse of her hand on his, almost as if she needs visual confirmation of it, before lifting once more.]
I'll always be on your side. [It might be as hollow of a promise as anything is. But there's a weight to her words, one that implies something much deeper than what's on the surface of this conversation.]