"I'm still not sure I believe all that, you know." He glanced about with vague suspicion lingering in his eyes. "That is, I'm not sure I believe it will hold up forever. Which is why I made the attempt in the first place." It was a handy plausible lie that time. He wondered if she'd notice. Guess why he'd really bothered. –that you'd do anything, anything to remind yourself of who you are and what you're capable of, almost anything at all, and shouldn't that be a little worrisome–
His hand ghosted across her stomach. Not even an action that he had really expected of himself given the situation, but he wasn't about to take it back.
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Date: 2008-07-13 08:12 pm (UTC)His hand ghosted across her stomach. Not even an action that he had really expected of himself given the situation, but he wasn't about to take it back.