[ For the effort, and maybe for the purposes of stalling on just what she has to say - she leans down to kiss the middle of his chest in appreciation that he went through all that effort for her.
But the part that is stalling fumbles around the words as she takes a deep breath against him. 'You said your family is poisonous -', 'Your father is a wretch that I can barely hold my tongue near when you aren't about - '. ] You're - we're -
[ And smaller, smaller than that is the quiet word that sits in her throat has no time and place here. I'm scared. She lifts her head up, perching still over him. This would be worse for him in so many ways, she knew. But better he knew now, from her, than later. ]
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But the part that is stalling fumbles around the words as she takes a deep breath against him. 'You said your family is poisonous -', 'Your father is a wretch that I can barely hold my tongue near when you aren't about - '. ] You're - we're -
[ And smaller, smaller than that is the quiet word that sits in her throat has no time and place here. I'm scared. She lifts her head up, perching still over him. This would be worse for him in so many ways, she knew. But better he knew now, from her, than later. ]
- I'm going to have a child.