[He cants his head just a few degrees, inviting her kisses with a quiet sigh, just the barest shift in breath.]
And I have no intention of looking anywhere else but at you.
[Because her selfishness enables his, just as his enables hers. If either of them broke the circle, the reality kept at bay beyond would flood in and threaten to drown them. Right now, he doesn't want to think of the reality awaiting him in Ravka. He wants only to lose himself in her, in this thing that might be perfect if not for all the reasons it cannot last.
Nikolai turns into a stall at the end of the hallway. There, he finally eases Alina down to the floor. No sooner has he straightened again than he's turning to curl his arm around her waist and tip her chin up towards him for a kiss. The words even his clever tongue can't form, he puts into the hungry push of his lips. As he kisses her hard, he guides her backwards until he has her corralled against the wall.]
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And I have no intention of looking anywhere else but at you.
[Because her selfishness enables his, just as his enables hers. If either of them broke the circle, the reality kept at bay beyond would flood in and threaten to drown them. Right now, he doesn't want to think of the reality awaiting him in Ravka. He wants only to lose himself in her, in this thing that might be perfect if not for all the reasons it cannot last.
Nikolai turns into a stall at the end of the hallway. There, he finally eases Alina down to the floor. No sooner has he straightened again than he's turning to curl his arm around her waist and tip her chin up towards him for a kiss. The words even his clever tongue can't form, he puts into the hungry push of his lips. As he kisses her hard, he guides her backwards until he has her corralled against the wall.]