[ Really, that's all that she needs. Dorian settles down on the bed, Dorian takes her hand, Dorian lets her rest her head on his thigh and it's everything she could have asked for. Tears well up inside of her as her heart sings Dorian Pavus over and over again, reaching to hold on to the one anchor she has here on the fleet. She feels awful, shame curling at her, biting at her fingers as she grips at the weight of him, loathing the way she depends on a man who knows her and doesn't all at once.
This isn't the same person she shared wine with or cornered in a library, the man she called brave, nor is it the man she stood beside in an uncertain future they needed to change. He has no idea who she is, at her core, and yet he holds onto her anyway, seeking her sadness and attempting to push it away. That's who he is, and she's never adored him more than she does in this single moment. ]
No one should have to hurt, but that's not how our world works.
[ She does laugh, though, tilting her head up to watch him fondly, a gentleness settling around her. Her fingers squeeze his hand and she shifts, rubbing her thumb over his knuckles in a mirror image of what he had done for her earlier. Breathing out, she closes her eyes, trying to relax. ]
You bring out the best side of people too, you know.
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Date: 2017-11-19 02:01 pm (UTC)From:This isn't the same person she shared wine with or cornered in a library, the man she called brave, nor is it the man she stood beside in an uncertain future they needed to change. He has no idea who she is, at her core, and yet he holds onto her anyway, seeking her sadness and attempting to push it away. That's who he is, and she's never adored him more than she does in this single moment. ]
No one should have to hurt, but that's not how our world works.
[ She does laugh, though, tilting her head up to watch him fondly, a gentleness settling around her. Her fingers squeeze his hand and she shifts, rubbing her thumb over his knuckles in a mirror image of what he had done for her earlier. Breathing out, she closes her eyes, trying to relax. ]
You bring out the best side of people too, you know.