"Because I've realized that no matter where you are or what you're doing, or who you're with, I will always, honestly, truly, completely love you." (nate because idk kill me)
( because i’m Trash for Soft Nathan and Irene and a moment of peace in the rumble ) @notfcrcalamity
He had opened his mouth, paused, shut it and had taken a breath instead, Irene had only partially listened to what had come before as he walked with her up to the steps. He’s thinking, deciding something, she thinks. Irene knows him better than she thinks is good for anyone ( but so does he when it comes to her ) and she can only wait on the building steps, wait for him to let her in on the conclusion or for him to shake his head and kiss her goodbye before she returns back to her own desk, left to guess at what had crossed his mind on a rare, average wednesday. But he stops walking and she hovers with her foot on the next step, turning to watch him. He decides to speak now, uttering it softly as he looks to her.
Some part of her wonders, hovering on the steps, if he’s only saying it because half of London has been bombed into powder, because there is a war raging all around or .... because he had always wanted to but had never felt like it was right to. Irene isn’t sure which is the worst option or if any of that matters. Because he’s telling her that he loves her, has loved her for some time ( the mind reels at the thought ). She’s never seen him look so earnest, expression open and gentle and resolute ... only ever in private. He’s determined, nearly as stubborn as she is and she steps back to down to him, hand reaching out to cup his chin gently, her lips pulling slowly into her own soft smile, her own expression clouded. As if she’s trying to figure him out, if there isn’t something else lingering just beneath the surface.
i will always, honestly, truly, completely love you.
It feels like a spark under her skin, just at her fingertips as she moves her hand away from his skin to rest it against his chest ( like a heartbeat can give a soldier away ). It feels as if she’s cracked a code, finally worked out the key piece and everything lays clear before her. Always, huh? Truly, huh? ❝ That almost sounds like a proposal, Lieutenant Godfrey. ❞ Irene steps more into his space, some vague trace of laughter in the corner of her lips. ❝ Is it? ❞











