( Where there'd normally be bravado, and Ana laughing off his concern because they're stronger and better than that, this time she doesn't. This time the attempt had been closer, and for three days she truly had lost him, knowing the pain that she'd never wanted to think of before )
So did I.
( There's a slight huff, a heavy release of breath. Her fingertips have been rubbing a light circle on his elbow, trailing down his arm as Ana leans back to look at him, the hand on the back of his neck slipping down to the top of his chest )
I'm glad that it was not forever.
( Even with what it might mean. She's just relieved that it isn't a pain that she has to live with forever, because Ana doesn't know what that would mean. Or what she would do.
There's a couple of seconds of silence, Ana simply watching him, before she leans back in, lightly kissing his cheek.
Once. Twice.
And then him. It's a gentle shift before her lips are on his, just for a few seconds. Brief, light, taking the moment never taken before, a moment so nearly lost )
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So did I.
( There's a slight huff, a heavy release of breath. Her fingertips have been rubbing a light circle on his elbow, trailing down his arm as Ana leans back to look at him, the hand on the back of his neck slipping down to the top of his chest )
I'm glad that it was not forever.
( Even with what it might mean. She's just relieved that it isn't a pain that she has to live with forever, because Ana doesn't know what that would mean. Or what she would do.
There's a couple of seconds of silence, Ana simply watching him, before she leans back in, lightly kissing his cheek.
Once. Twice.
And then him. It's a gentle shift before her lips are on his, just for a few seconds. Brief, light, taking the moment never taken before, a moment so nearly lost )