[it's enough to release the tight feeling in his chest. something that'd settled there from the moment things first started falling apart between them. his reaction to her kiss is slow, surprise at the fact she's even giving him another chance being enough to delay it. he'd been hopeful, of course. they wouldn't be where they are if he hadn't tried to fix things. but for her to accept that, after all he's done--
the kiss is returned easily, gentle at first as his hand slides back to cup her face instead. it only stays that way for a moment though before he's deepening it, his free arm moving to her waist to pull her close. something that stays in place even once he does eventually break away. now that he has this again he isn't ready to let go.]
So, does that mean we're good?
[his smile is more of a grin now. with things less tense between them, it's easier to joke around. to let things slide back to how they once were. (how comfortable she makes him feel). things may not be exactly the same anymore, but he's happy to take whatever she's willing to give.]
[It's so easy to just slide back into what they had before, how good it felt to just have someone want her, to feel that slight edge of someone needing her. There's no agenda, no part of something that she needs to fulfill - she's not given an amount of lead to go out only to be pulled back. She's just herself.]
We're good. [She almost teased him, almost said that they weren't good that it would never work, but she's not going to joke about something that might end up true at some point.]
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the kiss is returned easily, gentle at first as his hand slides back to cup her face instead. it only stays that way for a moment though before he's deepening it, his free arm moving to her waist to pull her close. something that stays in place even once he does eventually break away. now that he has this again he isn't ready to let go.]
So, does that mean we're good?
[his smile is more of a grin now. with things less tense between them, it's easier to joke around. to let things slide back to how they once were. (how comfortable she makes him feel). things may not be exactly the same anymore, but he's happy to take whatever she's willing to give.]
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We're good. [She almost teased him, almost said that they weren't good that it would never work, but she's not going to joke about something that might end up true at some point.]