[ don't go gets stuck in her throat because she can't ask. asking is admitting something she's not ready to say and so she lets him go, even if her fingers take a moment to untangle from his shirt.
lara croft doesn't cling. she takes a step back, instead. ]
[There's really only time, now, to bring his knuckles to his forehead in the echo of a respectful salute.
The relief is that there will be time, when the dust is actually settled, to wind up at her door. (It would be difficult to imagine sleeping without being able to reach out and touch her fingers in the night.)]
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Date: 2021-11-06 07:07 pm (UTC)lara croft doesn't cling. she takes a step back, instead. ]
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Date: 2021-11-07 04:41 am (UTC)I will.
[It needs repeating as he steps away. Repeating isn't lingering.]
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Date: 2021-11-07 02:59 pm (UTC)You better, Hornblower.
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Date: 2021-11-07 04:58 pm (UTC)The relief is that there will be time, when the dust is actually settled, to wind up at her door. (It would be difficult to imagine sleeping without being able to reach out and touch her fingers in the night.)]