Elliot took a breath. He had not expected her to say no — avoiding such a direct ask would have been unlike her — but he'd almost hoped that she would.
And — how to explain himself? They'd spent years slowly becoming peers, becoming friends, in orbit of each other in a strange relationship. Elliot was not sure that their friendship would exist were it not for their mutual curse. But neither of them knew what life was like without the Sight, so this was the option he had — rapidly planning a confession in the parlor of his father's estate.
A beat passed.
"I would propose to you if I thought you would have me," he admitted, aware of the house elf in the corner of his eye as a witness. But she'd told him to be honest. And she had come here — that had to mean something. "It was never just the potion."
And — how to explain himself? They'd spent years slowly becoming peers, becoming friends, in orbit of each other in a strange relationship. Elliot was not sure that their friendship would exist were it not for their mutual curse. But neither of them knew what life was like without the Sight, so this was the option he had — rapidly planning a confession in the parlor of his father's estate.
A beat passed.
"I would propose to you if I thought you would have me," he admitted, aware of the house elf in the corner of his eye as a witness. But she'd told him to be honest. And she had come here — that had to mean something. "It was never just the potion."