[ he's so used to acting without thinking, to going wherever he feels he needs to go, without much of a thought of what might be left behind — possibly because he's so used to being the one that's left, that he doesn't always know what it means to have someone searching for him, someone waiting for him.
there's almost an apology on his lips, though he doesn't say it, in part because he knows it isn't an honest one, that this is so often how his life moves that he doesn't really have a choice, that being separated from her was possibly always inevitable, whether he had the option or not. and it's also in part towards feeling her close in, wanting to say nothing at all to instead simply remember what it is to have her near him.
he brings his arms around her, a gentle wrap along her back that gradually squeezes tighter as he hunches down slightly to meet her height. ]
I'm here.
[ he whispers it, quiet with a sigh, knowing he can't change what's been done, nor can he necessarily make a promise that it won't happen again. he can only assure her of right now, having no intent to go anywhere for the foreseeable future.
not while he has her again. at least for a little while. ]
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there's almost an apology on his lips, though he doesn't say it, in part because he knows it isn't an honest one, that this is so often how his life moves that he doesn't really have a choice, that being separated from her was possibly always inevitable, whether he had the option or not. and it's also in part towards feeling her close in, wanting to say nothing at all to instead simply remember what it is to have her near him.
he brings his arms around her, a gentle wrap along her back that gradually squeezes tighter as he hunches down slightly to meet her height. ]
I'm here.
[ he whispers it, quiet with a sigh, knowing he can't change what's been done, nor can he necessarily make a promise that it won't happen again. he can only assure her of right now, having no intent to go anywhere for the foreseeable future.
not while he has her again. at least for a little while. ]
It's you and me. Just you and me.