[ She'd say yes to almost anything, if he took her hand and looked at her like that.
(Once again, he hadn't hurt her and walked away.)
...Saints, he was calling her out on being over-protective. And in this humbling moment, Nina realized he was right. She so desperately didn't want him to regret her, to regret the choice that they made and never got to see through before this happened; she so desperately didn't want what they had to turn sour and bitter and become poison within him that she was trying to cushion him from things that he needed to face on his own.
That didn't mean she was wrong to question what had happened. And it wasn't wrong to try to keep someone you... cared for... from being hurt. (She did wake up with Trassel under her hammock every morning.) But... she needed to trust him in a way she wasn't sure she could. Well. At least she could try.
Nina tugged his hand to pull him closer and stepped in herself to wrap her other arm around his waist and rest her head against his chest. ]
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(Once again, he hadn't hurt her and walked away.)
...Saints, he was calling her out on being over-protective. And in this humbling moment, Nina realized he was right. She so desperately didn't want him to regret her, to regret the choice that they made and never got to see through before this happened; she so desperately didn't want what they had to turn sour and bitter and become poison within him that she was trying to cushion him from things that he needed to face on his own.
That didn't mean she was wrong to question what had happened. And it wasn't wrong to try to keep someone you... cared for... from being hurt. (She did wake up with Trassel under her hammock every morning.) But... she needed to trust him in a way she wasn't sure she could. Well. At least she could try.
Nina tugged his hand to pull him closer and stepped in herself to wrap her other arm around his waist and rest her head against his chest. ]
This can be.
[ Hug her back. 8|
This is very hard. But it's worth it. ]