The beginning doesn't surprise him. Not really. Somewhere he'd known she felt like that, even if he's not, never was, in-touch enough with his feelings to pick them out like she can. He hadn't really met much of anyone when he first met her - no other children, definitely - he'd never stopped to think that maybe it wasn't just adrenaline from excitement and childish stubbornness and selfish wanting. But that she knew isn't surprising.
What is surprising is the rest, and that's the part that stills him, quiets him, makes him flush.]
Ah -
[Goddamn, he really hasn't changed. At least they've changed enough for him to be able to nose against her hair, near her ear, apologetic that he never can wrangle up the right words at the right time like she can.]
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The beginning doesn't surprise him. Not really. Somewhere he'd known she felt like that, even if he's not, never was, in-touch enough with his feelings to pick them out like she can. He hadn't really met much of anyone when he first met her - no other children, definitely - he'd never stopped to think that maybe it wasn't just adrenaline from excitement and childish stubbornness and selfish wanting. But that she knew isn't surprising.
What is surprising is the rest, and that's the part that stills him, quiets him, makes him flush.]
Ah -
[Goddamn, he really hasn't changed. At least they've changed enough for him to be able to nose against her hair, near her ear, apologetic that he never can wrangle up the right words at the right time like she can.]