[ She moves with him, eyes closing when her cheek lands on his shoulder. The air is cool on her back while she's still pressed close enough in front that it's warm, her limbs draped over him. ]
I still promise not to tell. [ She says it with a soft snort, a smirk, and she runs her fingers lazily over his ribs. ] Long as you don't duck out on me in twenty minutes this time.
[ Her tone is light, though, and she blinks slowly, looking at the wall. It's not that she minds how he left last year -- of course she didn't mind. It's more that she can't help thinking about what she'd said to Jaskier, that she hadn't expected back then for things to look like they do now. Back then, none of them knew how long any of this would last, whether they'd ever even see each other again in person. She'd been moving through the world like she might lose her life again at any given moment.
And maybe that's still true, that it could happen. She's really at the mercy of the Singularity's whims, more than most of them. But now she doesn't feel a constant need to dwell on that. Instead, she feels like she can make plans and choices, like an actual person with a real life.
And when she does make those plans, she includes him in them. He's there, along with Nadine and Ciri and Jaskier and Jesper and Sam, and she's not always thinking about whether someone or something better might come along.
She lets out a breath, listening to his heart beat under her head, then adds, ] I know where to find you if you do.
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I still promise not to tell. [ She says it with a soft snort, a smirk, and she runs her fingers lazily over his ribs. ] Long as you don't duck out on me in twenty minutes this time.
[ Her tone is light, though, and she blinks slowly, looking at the wall. It's not that she minds how he left last year -- of course she didn't mind. It's more that she can't help thinking about what she'd said to Jaskier, that she hadn't expected back then for things to look like they do now. Back then, none of them knew how long any of this would last, whether they'd ever even see each other again in person. She'd been moving through the world like she might lose her life again at any given moment.
And maybe that's still true, that it could happen. She's really at the mercy of the Singularity's whims, more than most of them. But now she doesn't feel a constant need to dwell on that. Instead, she feels like she can make plans and choices, like an actual person with a real life.
And when she does make those plans, she includes him in them. He's there, along with Nadine and Ciri and Jaskier and Jesper and Sam, and she's not always thinking about whether someone or something better might come along.
She lets out a breath, listening to his heart beat under her head, then adds, ] I know where to find you if you do.