[He doesn't need to repeat it back to her-it's enough for him to know what while people might've found him unsuitable and bad in his world, it can be different here. If even someone like her can be something else, for a short time, then she can only imagine the possibilities in store for him-all the hearts he'll touch, all the people who will finally see his and how it'll glow under the care of all that kindness.
It's something she would've been able to see in her world-consumed with emotions and thoughts and none of that happens now-
But she's consumed by the gentleness of his words-he wants to be with her too. She believes it. Finds it easier to believe with every single meeting with those around her. He might someone who won't be sad when she passes on-he'll have an understanding no one else does, because he was there. He gets it and-
She repeats the words over and over and over in her mind, tucking them away in heart to pull back out when she gets tired or sad. For just a second, if he doesn't move away, she's going to rest her head against his knee. It's silly, but it's her way of saying thank you and you make me happy and everything else she can't express.]
What other pretty things do you want on your shoe?
[She's gonna cover this in all the shit that makes him happy. Just name them-horses, toothbrushes, tequila-she'll figure it out.]
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It's something she would've been able to see in her world-consumed with emotions and thoughts and none of that happens now-
But she's consumed by the gentleness of his words-he wants to be with her too. She believes it. Finds it easier to believe with every single meeting with those around her. He might someone who won't be sad when she passes on-he'll have an understanding no one else does, because he was there. He gets it and-
She repeats the words over and over and over in her mind, tucking them away in heart to pull back out when she gets tired or sad. For just a second, if he doesn't move away, she's going to rest her head against his knee. It's silly, but it's her way of saying thank you and you make me happy and everything else she can't express.]
What other pretty things do you want on your shoe?
[She's gonna cover this in all the shit that makes him happy. Just name them-horses, toothbrushes, tequila-she'll figure it out.]