Her eyes sheen as he gives voice to her darkest fear, but her smile doesn't falter.
'If it doesn't, then... ' Her voice waivers with her resolve, and there's an urgency in her touch now, just the barest tremor as she strokes his face.
'I don't think she'd do that to either of us. I just can't -- imagine that the universe would be so cruel.'
She knows she sounds like a little girl, pleading with a hope that has no foundation in truth. But she has to believe it. She can't think they've come this far only to have it torn away from them.
'Maybe we can...' She shrugs, utterly lost now. She pulls him close and wraps her arms around him, burying her face in his throat, holding on tight. The thought of losing him again is just too much to bear, it seems.
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'If it doesn't, then... ' Her voice waivers with her resolve, and there's an urgency in her touch now, just the barest tremor as she strokes his face.
'I don't think she'd do that to either of us. I just can't -- imagine that the universe would be so cruel.'
She knows she sounds like a little girl, pleading with a hope that has no foundation in truth. But she has to believe it. She can't think they've come this far only to have it torn away from them.
'Maybe we can...' She shrugs, utterly lost now. She pulls him close and wraps her arms around him, burying her face in his throat, holding on tight. The thought of losing him again is just too much to bear, it seems.