I am not certain that there truly is anything to elaborate on! Rather, I think it's the most straightforward thing I've said in quite some time!
[ His face feels hot enough to burn, but while Winter's very used to the sensation of a fever, this is an entirely different sort of thing. If anything, he feels better than -- well, in quite some time. At least since his mother's death, and possibly longer.
Still, he forces himself to take a couple of deep breaths, the same way he'd been taught to do in the wake of an attack, and then he smiles at Nikolas, tentative but oh, his heart is pounding in his chest like a fist against the door. ]
I have wanted to hear you say something like that since I was fourteen, Nikolas. Even when I gave up hope for it, I still wanted.
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[ His face feels hot enough to burn, but while Winter's very used to the sensation of a fever, this is an entirely different sort of thing. If anything, he feels better than -- well, in quite some time. At least since his mother's death, and possibly longer.
Still, he forces himself to take a couple of deep breaths, the same way he'd been taught to do in the wake of an attack, and then he smiles at Nikolas, tentative but oh, his heart is pounding in his chest like a fist against the door. ]
I have wanted to hear you say something like that since I was fourteen, Nikolas. Even when I gave up hope for it, I still wanted.