One of my favorite romantic scenes which I’m sure is many people’s and I’m definitely not alone in this is when Claire chooses Jamie after he brings her to the stones.
Jamie rescues Claire from her being tried as a witch, and she tells him the truth of her traveling through the stones. He takes her through the woods to the stones. Likely as a test; he even puts her hand on the stones, forcing her as she resists and she begins to disappear she can feel “chaos” reaching for her and Jamie is calling her name and she comes back — from the chaos to him. Even though Claire can feel frank, can see him, thinking of him as a small flicker of light. But there are two; one where Frank is and one where Jamie is.
And Jamie says “my lady, my..Claire. It’s no use waiting. I must part wi’ ye now.”
Claire’s reaction is clearly..uhh what the fuck?
Jamie goes on to tell her; that’s her time, her place, with Frank and she agrees (sort of). Then he shakes her and says “there’s nothing for ye on this side lass! Nothing save violence and danger go!” And he pushes her away from him.
She runs back to him and asks “is there really nothing for me here Jamie?”
He pushes her away again, gently without speaking and steps back from her. And she looks into his eyes filled with PAIN AND YEARNING as he steps away from her.
He tells her he will be down in the cabin until evening (not to tell her if she changes her mind, or to decide etc) but he says “I shall stay there until evening - to be sure that you’re safe.” To be sure that you’re safe.
He closes his eyes, turns away from her and simply says “Goodbye.” She calls after him and he’s described as bloodless, white faced and strained, fighting to control his face. She wants to tell him she loves him 100% and he knows it and instead he says;
“There’s no need, No. Do ye go lass. Ye shouldna tarry. Go.” She reaches for him basically begging him to listen to her and he says “Claire..no. I can’t.”
And then she basically tells him all of Scotland will fall and all the clans will be killed (because this is the perfect time for THAT lol).
Then she’s spends PAGES sitting at the stones, thinking about Frank, about the comforts of home, of her old life of civilization, of her husband and vows she left behind. She’s grappling with some heavy shit, I mean she’s got two husbands now and she loves them both. So she sits there basically all afternoon to nighttime and decides ya know what? Imma close my eyes and walk. She takes a few steps towards the stones, then tries it the other way, and before she even realizes she halfway down the hill SPRINTING (i mean my girl is slipping, falling, tumbling) to Jamie and finds him asleep with “silver tracks of dried tears glinting on his golden skin and the copper stubble of his beard” like 😫😫.
They have a very cute moment in the cottage still not a UTTER of the word love but it’s there and it’s so obvious it’s annoying at this point.
It ends with Jamie saying “I wish I could have fought him for you.” Claire smiles and says “it wasn’t your fight, it was mine. But you won anyway.”
LIKE HELLO? One of the most romantic scenes of FATE and FREE WILL and LOVE I’ve ever read and the word love is not uttered ONCE.
So all that to say; I’m all for a crying, suspenseful, rip your heart out Elain and Lucien book because if THAT doesn’t perfect describe them I don’t know what does.
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