@hawkelana
Her lips parted just slightly, surprised to hear that she made anything easier on anyone. She let out a soft chuckle and finally let her hand reach out, only to take his. She closed her eyes and rubbed the back of his hand with her thumb.
“Then who would I be to deny you want you want?” She smiled warmly, though she felt that pulse again, the one he always dragged from her. “What is it your thoughts are lost to?”
“A time when I was younger and thought I knew everything. And still, even now, there are things I thought I knew that are not true. It is not...in my nature, to change.”
He grips her hand a little tighter than he means to, and it’s an uncertain sort of grip, as if he’s still not sure whether he should cling or hastily retreat.
