[Worry. About other people. When he wants to not care about them at all. It's then that he finally shifts, edging ever so close to taking her hand but hesitating at the skim of skin to skin. It's obvious he wants to pull away but they're trying to fight their instincts here. Or at least he is. He looks at her for a long, long moment.]
My wife never got to grow old either.
[So he sees that in her, too. Wants to protect it.]
[ they have that in common. willa would give anything to see sylvie's hair laced with silver or see if the laugh lines etch themselves permanently into emmet's smile, see wrinkles on fabian's face from age and not heartbreak. ]
[ willa chuffs a laugh, trailing off into a soft giggle. ]
People are always so surprised when I swear. I remembered everything when I was, um, six, so yes I've always been this weird, but my sister, who raised me, she always had to remind me not to swear in front of adults. [ a beat. ] She did let me swear at home.
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[Worry. About other people. When he wants to not care about them at all. It's then that he finally shifts, edging ever so close to taking her hand but hesitating at the skim of skin to skin. It's obvious he wants to pull away but they're trying to fight their instincts here. Or at least he is. He looks at her for a long, long moment.]
My wife never got to grow old either.
[So he sees that in her, too. Wants to protect it.]
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What was she like?
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[Always was, always will be - no offense, of course.]
Stubborn too, like you.
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[ she says, stubbornly. ]
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[Said with. Affection.]
Swear more, at least.
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People are always so surprised when I swear. I remembered everything when I was, um, six, so yes I've always been this weird, but my sister, who raised me, she always had to remind me not to swear in front of adults. [ a beat. ] She did let me swear at home.