If Kaz were to take time to think about it, he would be proud of himself. Proud to not flinch away from contact. Proud to know he is perhaps capable of offering Inej things she needs.
But in that moment he isn't thinking about that. He's thinking about those feelings he had when he gave Inej all she wanted and accepted it might mean never seeing her again. He's thinking about her thinking all she offers him is being the Wraith and while that has been his greatest asset for the longest time, it is not the be all, end all of what she offers. Not even close.
Tenderly he strokes his hand over her back, even when she tilts back slightly to look up at him. Then his own words are being thrown back at him and, for a moment, he tenses. Gaze flickering over her face, taking in everything about her in a moment to try and determine how badly she might have taken those words.
"Kaz Brekker always knows who is worth putting everything on the line for," he says, and then, if she had been listening to his heart, she might well have heard the way it surges, even as his pale gaze holds her own.
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But in that moment he isn't thinking about that. He's thinking about those feelings he had when he gave Inej all she wanted and accepted it might mean never seeing her again. He's thinking about her thinking all she offers him is being the Wraith and while that has been his greatest asset for the longest time, it is not the be all, end all of what she offers. Not even close.
Tenderly he strokes his hand over her back, even when she tilts back slightly to look up at him. Then his own words are being thrown back at him and, for a moment, he tenses. Gaze flickering over her face, taking in everything about her in a moment to try and determine how badly she might have taken those words.
"Kaz Brekker always knows who is worth putting everything on the line for," he says, and then, if she had been listening to his heart, she might well have heard the way it surges, even as his pale gaze holds her own.