Irene was hugging him back; he could feel her giving into it, and he shut his eyes for a moment in relief. He didn’t know if he could feel the tension seeping out of her, muscle by muscle, moment by moment, or he was only imagining it – but if he could soften any of it for her, he would.
“I am occasionally good for something,” Elias answered lightly, when she had the temerity to sound surprised that he had remembered anything she’d said. It was teasing, though, the gentlest ribbing he could muster, and he squeezed her a little more tightly when Irene gave in again.
She would let him stay, then – so, if he was going to ease her back into normality and cheer her up, at some point soon he probably ought to let her go. That was almost a shame: he felt quite at ease here, comfortably rooted to the spot with her against his chest. If there was a nice, cosy, warm protective spell around them here – like nothing bad could happen, like time could stop and the rest of the world did not exist – Elias hardly wanted to be the one to break it.
“I am occasionally good for something,” Elias answered lightly, when she had the temerity to sound surprised that he had remembered anything she’d said. It was teasing, though, the gentlest ribbing he could muster, and he squeezed her a little more tightly when Irene gave in again.
She would let him stay, then – so, if he was going to ease her back into normality and cheer her up, at some point soon he probably ought to let her go. That was almost a shame: he felt quite at ease here, comfortably rooted to the spot with her against his chest. If there was a nice, cosy, warm protective spell around them here – like nothing bad could happen, like time could stop and the rest of the world did not exist – Elias hardly wanted to be the one to break it.
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