But it still took another heartbeat, two, three, before her body listened to the direction of her heart and allowed her to turn back around and carefully climb back into bed, to arrange herself as close as she could without lying all over Cassian, always cognizant of his back and leg pain, always intent upon not worsening it.
Finally, as she traced gentle but calloused fingertips along his arm, she dared to breach the silence.
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Date: 2018-10-04 04:53 pm (UTC)But it still took another heartbeat, two, three, before her body listened to the direction of her heart and allowed her to turn back around and carefully climb back into bed, to arrange herself as close as she could without lying all over Cassian, always cognizant of his back and leg pain, always intent upon not worsening it.
Finally, as she traced gentle but calloused fingertips along his arm, she dared to breach the silence.
"I want to. I don't ever want to leave you."