[ She's done a magnificent job making him feel comfortable, especially in light of how distinctly uncomfortable she'd made him feel from the get-go. It's all still something he's going to have to take some time to fully digest and swallow and integrate, but right now he's not working on that. Right now he's in the happy state of having accepted it initially, and that's all he has to do right now. He's done, and he's exhausted, and he's calm, and he's safe, and she's here, and she makes all of those other states even stronger in various ways and methods.
But he pauses there, because she's asking him what he wants now, after having decided so clearly what he needed. The switch is a lot, but even with that he's able to answer her pretty quickly, fairly firmly. He holds his hand out to her a bit, another very short pause, because this is another thing he's not that great with. ] Stay? [ And recovery. ] Unless you've got anything else.
[ She really likes the look on his face right now and the general way he feels. Really it all went far, far better than she had expected it to go, and she's pretty happy with that. There's relief in her and she knows some of it is leaking, knows that she's not keeping as tight a hold over how pleased she is with how this went as she'd like, but she can't bring herself to care, not with his hand held out to her and the tone of his voice. ]
Nothing more important than you. [ Firm and calm as she takes his hand, moves towards him so that she can lie against his side. ] It can all wait.
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But he pauses there, because she's asking him what he wants now, after having decided so clearly what he needed. The switch is a lot, but even with that he's able to answer her pretty quickly, fairly firmly. He holds his hand out to her a bit, another very short pause, because this is another thing he's not that great with. ] Stay? [ And recovery. ] Unless you've got anything else.
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Nothing more important than you. [ Firm and calm as she takes his hand, moves towards him so that she can lie against his side. ] It can all wait.