"Feelings for-" Her eyes go wide and there's no long-learned lesson on etiquette that can keep her surprise off her face. Ashe has never let herself think about the way Basch makes her feel in any detail, pushing aside those pangs as they arise with ease, but to hear him drunkenly confessing to having grappled with the same is perhaps even more shocking than his poor attempt at coming onto her.
"You should rest now and, tomorrow, if you truly intend to confess such things to me, confess them then." They should both bear the burden of having clear heads for what she's already imagining will be an impossibly difficult conversation to navigate.
Even though she tells him to rest, she still doesn't move, caught between wondering if he'll kiss her and chiding herself for wanting such a thing from him while he's too intoxicated for her to be certain he means it.
Her heart flutters against her ribcage, anxious about how unfamiliar this is, despite having already undergone the motions of courtship and marriage. This is so different from how Rasler made her feel it may as well be emotions invoked by a completely different turn of events.
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Date: 2023-08-06 02:24 am (UTC)"You should rest now and, tomorrow, if you truly intend to confess such things to me, confess them then." They should both bear the burden of having clear heads for what she's already imagining will be an impossibly difficult conversation to navigate.
Even though she tells him to rest, she still doesn't move, caught between wondering if he'll kiss her and chiding herself for wanting such a thing from him while he's too intoxicated for her to be certain he means it.
Her heart flutters against her ribcage, anxious about how unfamiliar this is, despite having already undergone the motions of courtship and marriage. This is so different from how Rasler made her feel it may as well be emotions invoked by a completely different turn of events.
"Go rest, before you make fools of both of us."