[ he still hadn't told her what he'd seen or heard. it would break her heart to know he was hearing her, make her supremely grateful that she hadn't heard him. it'll occur to her later that he hadn't told her what he'd been hearing, too wrapped up in tending to her and her own poisoned mind, and she'll ask him about it. maybe it's selfish not to do that now, but she doesn't want to. she wants this moment to remain uninterrupted for as long as it possibly can. ]
So did I. [ it's muttered a little breathlessly against his mouth, following his own confession, and her hands run back and forth over the broad expanse of his shoulders, heartbeat thudding steadily inches away from his own. they've touched since arriving, since her confessions of everything that had happened in the years since she'd left him and the time when she'd come back. they'd sparred, tended to each other, huddled close for warmth, but this is something different, an intimacy she's longed for, one she'd only ever found with him. ]
i ain't done yet either :*
So did I. [ it's muttered a little breathlessly against his mouth, following his own confession, and her hands run back and forth over the broad expanse of his shoulders, heartbeat thudding steadily inches away from his own. they've touched since arriving, since her confessions of everything that had happened in the years since she'd left him and the time when she'd come back. they'd sparred, tended to each other, huddled close for warmth, but this is something different, an intimacy she's longed for, one she'd only ever found with him. ]