[ As his legs give way and he falls heavily onto the chair, he is thinking only one thing: one moment of weakness, that is all you can afford. And he means to hold to that.
He feels more than sees her rush to the side of the chair, and then he actually feels her wrapping her arms around him. For just a moment, he remains where he is, head resting against hers with his eyes closed, not wanting to think about anything but how it feels to have her so close to him.
But when she begins to try and apologize, that is when he opens his eyes to lock his gaze onto her, and the familiar posture of the Lord Commander surfaces once more. One moment is all he can allow himself, and it seems as though that moment has ended. Everything else must be funneled back into presenting himself as Ishgard's temporary ruler. ]
You have nothing to apologize for. I, however, must offer my own for this rather ungraceful display.
[ Still, he does not move from their pose, not wanting to disturb it just yet. He will have to shortly, just not yet. And later, he will have to apologize to the steward and the head maid for his temporary failure to act as a lord should. ]
I did not intend for anyone to witness it. [ Neither did he intend to have company this night, but he hardly begrudges her for coming across him and returning with him to the ancestral home. ]
it certainly looks that way
He feels more than sees her rush to the side of the chair, and then he actually feels her wrapping her arms around him. For just a moment, he remains where he is, head resting against hers with his eyes closed, not wanting to think about anything but how it feels to have her so close to him.
But when she begins to try and apologize, that is when he opens his eyes to lock his gaze onto her, and the familiar posture of the Lord Commander surfaces once more. One moment is all he can allow himself, and it seems as though that moment has ended. Everything else must be funneled back into presenting himself as Ishgard's temporary ruler. ]
You have nothing to apologize for. I, however, must offer my own for this rather ungraceful display.
[ Still, he does not move from their pose, not wanting to disturb it just yet. He will have to shortly, just not yet. And later, he will have to apologize to the steward and the head maid for his temporary failure to act as a lord should. ]
I did not intend for anyone to witness it. [ Neither did he intend to have company this night, but he hardly begrudges her for coming across him and returning with him to the ancestral home. ]