But even if she says no, he'd told himself in the moments when he couldn't stop himself from thinking about it, it doesn't change anything.
She's not saying no. She's saying not yet. She's saying, again, maybe. And if that's what she wants -- if that's what she's willing to give -- then Piotr can accept it, and believe that later really will come.
And she's just agreed to try to have his child; what more commitment is a ring, in the face of that?
And, most of all, there's the way she's smiling up at him, nervous and hopeful and loving.
"All right," he whispers, and brushes a gentle thumb along her cheekbone.
It's not what he wants most. But it is all right.
"We'll see. Our family," and the thing is, those two words feel like a miracle just in themselves, our family and the fact that it's true, and for that alone he'd bend now to kiss her again.
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Date: 2007-11-14 07:41 am (UTC)Not what he hoped she'd say.
But even if she says no, he'd told himself in the moments when he couldn't stop himself from thinking about it, it doesn't change anything.
She's not saying no. She's saying not yet. She's saying, again, maybe. And if that's what she wants -- if that's what she's willing to give -- then Piotr can accept it, and believe that later really will come.
And she's just agreed to try to have his child; what more commitment is a ring, in the face of that?
And, most of all, there's the way she's smiling up at him, nervous and hopeful and loving.
"All right," he whispers, and brushes a gentle thumb along her cheekbone.
It's not what he wants most. But it is all right.
"We'll see. Our family," and the thing is, those two words feel like a miracle just in themselves, our family and the fact that it's true, and for that alone he'd bend now to kiss her again.