[ That takes a breath out of her - forcing herself to be calm even if every bit of her strains for the effort. Her end of this bargain, she figures, to do what she can. To try and be calm for one of them, and at least it makes it easy to get it down when she knows it's for his behalf.
She would do a great many things more than she ever realised or thought she could, for him, that she had not thought she would. Keeps the same flat motion of smoothing her hand over the curve of her hip, of taking slow breaths. That answer is easy. ]
I do. Did you expect me to want otherwise?
[ She hoped not, - but then. His opinion of his family was dismal. ]
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She would do a great many things more than she ever realised or thought she could, for him, that she had not thought she would. Keeps the same flat motion of smoothing her hand over the curve of her hip, of taking slow breaths. That answer is easy. ]
I do. Did you expect me to want otherwise?
[ She hoped not, - but then. His opinion of his family was dismal. ]