[ He certainly never intended for any of this to unfold the way that it has. While she turned his head from the moment he first met her, and while his interest in her rapidly turned into admiration and then further into love, he always imagined that she would find someone else who turned her head, and that it would never be him.
But he is truly in love with her now, and there is no going back, not that he would ever wish to. ]
I think you will find that it pleases him very much. As does being called your knight. [ In fact, his heart has leapt up again into his throat, and a sensation not unlike flying far above the ground has taken hold of him. Perhaps his heart has grown wings, as trite an expression as that may be.
He might be one who has his share of boundaries and customs due to his upbringing, but he is finding that the longer he is with her, the more those boundaries begin to lower. They do not fall, not entirely, but one by one, they begin to shift and change to account for the depth of his feelings for her.
As for this night, he could carry on like this for some time yet, if not for the fact that exhaustion has finally begun to creep up on him. She might notice that his eyes are beginning to droop at the corners, as if indicating that sleep will be pulling him under soon. Still, so long as she is beside him and awake, he will do his best to stay that way for her benefit. For as soon as they are both asleep, then the morning and their inevitable separation will come whether they like it or not. ]
we can call this one wrapped after this if you like!
But he is truly in love with her now, and there is no going back, not that he would ever wish to. ]
I think you will find that it pleases him very much. As does being called your knight. [ In fact, his heart has leapt up again into his throat, and a sensation not unlike flying far above the ground has taken hold of him. Perhaps his heart has grown wings, as trite an expression as that may be.
He might be one who has his share of boundaries and customs due to his upbringing, but he is finding that the longer he is with her, the more those boundaries begin to lower. They do not fall, not entirely, but one by one, they begin to shift and change to account for the depth of his feelings for her.
As for this night, he could carry on like this for some time yet, if not for the fact that exhaustion has finally begun to creep up on him. She might notice that his eyes are beginning to droop at the corners, as if indicating that sleep will be pulling him under soon. Still, so long as she is beside him and awake, he will do his best to stay that way for her benefit. For as soon as they are both asleep, then the morning and their inevitable separation will come whether they like it or not. ]