[This time he's more relaxed and there isn't any hesitation to embrace her warmly, even if his emotions still swirl and spike in painful waves underneath. Only once do his fingers dig in a little too much, as he knows when she means. It takes a moment for him to respond, and it feels a bit like letting go of something.]
I know all I need to.
[The details don't matter, and if they do go back to the moment they left someday, he wants to experience it without foreknowledge beyond that which he already has.]
[ There was something admirable about the way he settles with the unknown, but maybe he also didn’t want to face what else might be in store when he’s unable to do anything about it. He seemed more like the Marco she’d seen from a distance, but now with just a peek of what was beneath. She probably would have asked had their positions been reversed, restless and terribly curious as she could be.
Alex responds with just a nod of her head against his, thoughts already wandering off to what else she could do for him. Hopefully he wasn’t as harsh a food critic as Nicolas was… ]
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I know all I need to.
[The details don't matter, and if they do go back to the moment they left someday, he wants to experience it without foreknowledge beyond that which he already has.]
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Alex responds with just a nod of her head against his, thoughts already wandering off to what else she could do for him. Hopefully he wasn’t as harsh a food critic as Nicolas was… ]