I'll need to be there to protect you. You'll do something stupid and I'll have to rescue you.
[Then she guides his hand up to her cheek. Part of him wants to flinch back. Part of him wants to trace every contour of her face until he knows it all. She's making it very clear how she feels about him. He's never had anyone show any interest in him. Always, he's just an object of pity. Frozen with indecision, he thinks of what his brothers would do with an attractive woman in the middle of the night. Then he discards most of what he remembers because he's not that bold. Still, he's got one thing he can do comfortably.
The hand on her cheek moves down to curl around her neck, gently pulling he closer to him. He uses his free hand to push himself a little out of the wheelchair so that he can rest his forehead against Letha's. His eyes close and he lets them rest that way.]
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[Then she guides his hand up to her cheek. Part of him wants to flinch back. Part of him wants to trace every contour of her face until he knows it all. She's making it very clear how she feels about him. He's never had anyone show any interest in him. Always, he's just an object of pity. Frozen with indecision, he thinks of what his brothers would do with an attractive woman in the middle of the night. Then he discards most of what he remembers because he's not that bold. Still, he's got one thing he can do comfortably.
The hand on her cheek moves down to curl around her neck, gently pulling he closer to him. He uses his free hand to push himself a little out of the wheelchair so that he can rest his forehead against Letha's. His eyes close and he lets them rest that way.]