[ She moves the same moment he does, crossing the room in two strides to meet him in the middle and practically flinging herself at him. Arms going around his shoulders, clinging to him tightly, her face pressed into his shoulder. There's something so familiar in that that her next inhale is choked and ragged with emotion. Not letting him go.
In all her weeks here, if she could have picked one face she wanted to see again, his name would have been at the absolute top of the list. Especially because it had been the last face she'd seen, his expression seared into her memory as she forced him to let go of her.
She knew what her choice would have done to him, the cost of it. And she couldn't even tell him she was sorry, because she's not. Maybe for causing him pain, but the rest of it? She doesn't regret her choice, all it had accomplished. She would still make the same one all over again.
But she's well aware that her time here is her second chance, however long or brief it happens to last. So she's grateful for this, all the same. It has her finally pulling back after a long moment to cup warm hands to either side of his face, offering him a genuine - if tearful - smile. ]
Had to show up fashionably late to make a dramatic entrance, huh?
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In all her weeks here, if she could have picked one face she wanted to see again, his name would have been at the absolute top of the list. Especially because it had been the last face she'd seen, his expression seared into her memory as she forced him to let go of her.
She knew what her choice would have done to him, the cost of it. And she couldn't even tell him she was sorry, because she's not. Maybe for causing him pain, but the rest of it? She doesn't regret her choice, all it had accomplished. She would still make the same one all over again.
But she's well aware that her time here is her second chance, however long or brief it happens to last. So she's grateful for this, all the same. It has her finally pulling back after a long moment to cup warm hands to either side of his face, offering him a genuine - if tearful - smile. ]
Had to show up fashionably late to make a dramatic entrance, huh?