As stiff as a board he stood, his eyes wide and breath shaky. There were plenty of excuses he'd expected her to have, but none left her lips. She had questions, which made sense given that he'd just risked their future as friends (or acquaintances—whatever) by kissing her in a way a friend ought not to. "I don't think I had much of an opportunity after that," he confessed, though in truth he knew he wouldn't have even if they'd managed to avoid the tragedies that followed them shortly thereafter. They'd written letters, but they'd been filled of bickering and accusations and had only ended when he went onto the pitch. Everything after that... well.
She would let him down easy, he knew. She wasn't mean or cruel despite her words that often struck him as such. He knew her heart no matter how they tried to ignore it. In those few short weeks in the tundra Lach had learned who the real Fallon was, even if it was now once again hidden behind the mask that society forced her, a woman and an auror, to wear.
Only she didn't. Not immediately. I felt it, too, she said, and for a moment there was hope. Just a smidgen, because Lach had had little luck in romance over the years, but it was there nonetheless. Hope.
"Do you still?" he asked, knowing whatever she said next would determine their way forward.
She would let him down easy, he knew. She wasn't mean or cruel despite her words that often struck him as such. He knew her heart no matter how they tried to ignore it. In those few short weeks in the tundra Lach had learned who the real Fallon was, even if it was now once again hidden behind the mask that society forced her, a woman and an auror, to wear.
Only she didn't. Not immediately. I felt it, too, she said, and for a moment there was hope. Just a smidgen, because Lach had had little luck in romance over the years, but it was there nonetheless. Hope.
"Do you still?" he asked, knowing whatever she said next would determine their way forward.
— way too attractive set by mj <3 —