For Sonya

[athelstanthescribe]

Athelstan is holding Sonya's hand as they walk up to her room, and occasionally when the urge strikes him, he stops to kiss her.

After all, he doesn't have to worry about who might see him if it's a woman he's with.

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[lt_blade]

She let out a deep breath. "But things are complicated back home." She wasn't sure if she should've felt hurt or not: she felt disappointed, but..least it was out there, and the sex wasn't 'one-sided'.

"It's alright." She lifted her head up to look at him. "Doubt it'd work out anyway."

He knew atleast. Even if he didn't return her feelings, she would rather him know and get a response than keep it hidden.

[athelstanthescribe]

"Things are complicated for both of us, I think." His hand finds hers, and squeezes. "I hope we can still go on as we have been...?"

[lt_blade]

Her hand returned the squeeze and she tilted her head to give a small, chaste kiss on the side of his mouth. "We're fond of eachother, I can live with that."

So there were some feelings between them, not romantic, but there. Thinking on it, she just felt relieved to know at all.

[athelstanthescribe]

"Yes", Athelstan says firmly. "We are, and I never meant to hurt you."

[lt_blade]

She sighed, forcing herself not to think of past relationships. "I'm not hurt. We both wanted this and we're still friends, just now we know where we stand with eachother."

She would've been more hurt if he'd just done this for her benefit, or was using her. She was an adult, they both were-they could have sex without being romantic and still care for eachother.

As to reassure him, she reached up with her free hand and ran her fingers through his hair.

[athelstanthescribe]

He smiles at that, and runs a hand down her face.

"Then I'm glad we did this."