"It's in my nature, Max. I can't help but try to hide, just as you can't undo everything you learned in a short period of time, I can't undo the habits of over a hundred years so easily. I am trying."
"I'm sorry. I don't mean to push you. There's just so much I want to know. I'll be patient." Something in his chest eases. It was silly, he knows, but a scared little part of him really needed to hear that this was a habit she had before him, not because of him.
A slightly damp but cheeky smile blooms on his lips. "You get both anyway."
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Date: 2024-08-02 01:35 am (UTC)Valdis squeezes his hands.
"I don't need your thanks, just your love."
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Date: 2024-08-09 02:19 am (UTC)A slightly damp but cheeky smile blooms on his lips. "You get both anyway."