Blowing out a shaky breath, Febby felt the emotional letdown from all of the worry an anxiety that had built up over the course of the afternoon. She'd expected a lot worse than her spilling out an emotional explanation of an apology and him warning her to be more careful. Oh, she was going to be more careful and Tuni was most assuredly getting a howler.

Allowing him to tip her chin up towards him, her hands automatically followed his to wipe the excess tears from her cheeks. She let out a weak chuckle, the relief mixed with just a little annoyance. That was three times he'd managed to make her cry, though she supposed this time was mostly her fault. Merlin it was ridiculous how attached she'd grown in such a short amount of time. Confined to letters for however long, getting to know one another that way was the only option and she'd learned a lot in a short amount of time. Even when they spent time arguing through the post. They'd pretty much planned a hypothetical elopement and home in the last couple days. There was clearly something deeper going on here.

Blue eyes sought his in the dark as she wiped away the last few remaining tears. "I'm sorry." She reiterated, feeling so incredibly guilty she didn't know what else to do but to keep apologizing. "I thought you were going to call it off-" She admitted with a sniffle. "And I couldn't stand the thought of it." Ugh, there it was, she was a smitten fool. Damn him.