[That is too great a compliment, and clearly flattery, but color stains her cheeks just a bit darker even as she gives him a knowing smile, her own gaze fond, affectionate. If anyone ever has looked at her that way before, she must not have been paying attention, but the feeling it stirs beneath her breast is startling, the way her heart suddenly wants to beat against her ribs.
She laughs softly, reaching out to brush some of his own hair away in turn, damp and tangled as it is, tucking it behind his ear and letting her long fingers gently brush against its cuff before she lays a hand against the side of his face, her thumb tracing the high angle of his cheek.]
I'm fairly certain it took both of us.
[She'll not soon forget it. She intends to commit this whole night to memory, right down to intoxicating scent of him and the squeeze of her legs around his waist as they remain joined— it cannot last, but these lazy moments spent basking in the afterglow are especially worth remembering, dazed and dizzied by all that had come before.
She exhales slowly, letting her fingers skim down the beautiful curve of his neck so that she can bring her hand to lightly rest over his heart. Maybe she should have taken him shopping sooner, if it was going to end up like this.]
Was that what you had in mind, when you said you wanted to be by my side?
[Her smile pulls slyly to one side, teasing gently— he had said that he desired to do so in any capacity, but she rather thinks she likes this version of that wish.]
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She laughs softly, reaching out to brush some of his own hair away in turn, damp and tangled as it is, tucking it behind his ear and letting her long fingers gently brush against its cuff before she lays a hand against the side of his face, her thumb tracing the high angle of his cheek.]
I'm fairly certain it took both of us.
[She'll not soon forget it. She intends to commit this whole night to memory, right down to intoxicating scent of him and the squeeze of her legs around his waist as they remain joined— it cannot last, but these lazy moments spent basking in the afterglow are especially worth remembering, dazed and dizzied by all that had come before.
She exhales slowly, letting her fingers skim down the beautiful curve of his neck so that she can bring her hand to lightly rest over his heart. Maybe she should have taken him shopping sooner, if it was going to end up like this.]
Was that what you had in mind, when you said you wanted to be by my side?
[Her smile pulls slyly to one side, teasing gently— he had said that he desired to do so in any capacity, but she rather thinks she likes this version of that wish.]