"Because I have excellent taste?" he teases, but his chest tightens, realizing just how often she's done it, and how every time was surely a hope to get his affections again.
He rolls over to face her better, propping himself on his elbow and cupping her neck, hand dipping down to trace her collarbone and sternun, eyes taking in the curve of her flesh where her normally can't see before sweeping back to her grinning face. "A woman who has successfully guarded their kindness and hope from court for so long is exactly the kind of person I want to entrust my heart to," he assures her, even at he warms at her compliments. Those are things he likes to be, and it means a lot that she sees them in him.
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Date: 2023-03-14 04:17 am (UTC)He rolls over to face her better, propping himself on his elbow and cupping her neck, hand dipping down to trace her collarbone and sternun, eyes taking in the curve of her flesh where her normally can't see before sweeping back to her grinning face. "A woman who has successfully guarded their kindness and hope from court for so long is exactly the kind of person I want to entrust my heart to," he assures her, even at he warms at her compliments. Those are things he likes to be, and it means a lot that she sees them in him.