[It does not matter what protecting her means, not yet, not here. All that matters is that she allows him that much, strange as it might be.
That she uses such a simple word to convey so much actually makes him smile, something soft an amused. It is a promise, he understands that. It is the same promise he has received from his Prince over and over again. When the word promise was something too heavy and terrifyingly real to give voice to okay was all he got. The same could be said for Prompto, for Gladio, for Cid and at times even Clarus. In their world where things were so often too hazardous to allow for promises "okay" was as close as any of them could bring themselves to say.
It's sweet and it makes her yet more approachable. Not a woman of untouchable wisdom but a woman willing to teach and support and be supported in return. It made his heart ache for her in ways that had nothing to do with the wine. Made him close the distance between them again to kiss her soundly, a firm press of lips but he does not reach for more beyond that.]
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Date: 2019-12-31 06:57 am (UTC)That she uses such a simple word to convey so much actually makes him smile, something soft an amused. It is a promise, he understands that. It is the same promise he has received from his Prince over and over again. When the word promise was something too heavy and terrifyingly real to give voice to okay was all he got. The same could be said for Prompto, for Gladio, for Cid and at times even Clarus. In their world where things were so often too hazardous to allow for promises "okay" was as close as any of them could bring themselves to say.
It's sweet and it makes her yet more approachable. Not a woman of untouchable wisdom but a woman willing to teach and support and be supported in return. It made his heart ache for her in ways that had nothing to do with the wine. Made him close the distance between them again to kiss her soundly, a firm press of lips but he does not reach for more beyond that.]