[They are the things she admires in him. Strength. Honor. Fearlessness. And the things she lacks- confidence in this arena, experience beyond the one little world she had known.
... Ah, yes.
It isn't until after he pulls away that it registers he's kissed her. That she had liked the promise in it. That he says the things that she'd always wanted to be acknowledged for, and not the baser things she had always feared to be wanted for.]
... I do recall that.
[The barest hint of an upturn in her lips at the corners, to do so now of all times. To carefully, anxiously summon up the courage it took her to kiss him in turn, finally letting go of the cradle of his hand in order to transfer her own to his shoulders, hold perhaps a bit too tight.]
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... Ah, yes.
It isn't until after he pulls away that it registers he's kissed her. That she had liked the promise in it. That he says the things that she'd always wanted to be acknowledged for, and not the baser things she had always feared to be wanted for.]
... I do recall that.
[The barest hint of an upturn in her lips at the corners, to do so now of all times. To carefully, anxiously summon up the courage it took her to kiss him in turn, finally letting go of the cradle of his hand in order to transfer her own to his shoulders, hold perhaps a bit too tight.]