[ Control. She can understand that when it had been torn away from him so grotesquely. What she can't comprehend is the continuance of his feelings for her or the depth of them. It's been days, and still his mind hasn't changed as she feared it might. If anything, he has only reiterated the statement time and time again, each more ardent than the previous confession.
If anyone has ever loved her, she can't remember it with any vivid clarity. Ben is the first, the only, to hold her in such high regard. Her eyes feel hot, watery, when she next blinks, but she doesn't turn away from him. ]
I know. [ Maybe that isn't the answer he wants to hear, but it's the only answer she has right now, overwhelmed and unbalanced. Despite the moisture brimming in her eyes, her lips curve to a shaky smile. ] I believe you.
[ And that much is sincere, unwavering. At a loss for what to say, how to express herself when she has never been the most eloquent or gifted with words, she leans forward to brush her mouth against his, soft but lingering. ]
fight me
If anyone has ever loved her, she can't remember it with any vivid clarity. Ben is the first, the only, to hold her in such high regard. Her eyes feel hot, watery, when she next blinks, but she doesn't turn away from him. ]
I know. [ Maybe that isn't the answer he wants to hear, but it's the only answer she has right now, overwhelmed and unbalanced. Despite the moisture brimming in her eyes, her lips curve to a shaky smile. ] I believe you.
[ And that much is sincere, unwavering. At a loss for what to say, how to express herself when she has never been the most eloquent or gifted with words, she leans forward to brush her mouth against his, soft but lingering. ]