[He's initially caught off guard when she starts, but then he realizes she's responding to what he had told her back at the church, his "vows." His eyes never leave her as he listens to her words, the beat of his heart quickening as he feels the true depths of their meaning. How it echoes his own sentiments and how it helps assure him that they really are on the same page.
Although he wonders a little about what she was trying to say at the end...it doesn't matter. This is enough for now. Maybe in the not so distant future he might feel a little greedier and want more, as he's always said this is better for them.
So he just hugs her close, the warmth around them spreading to fill the whole room, more little white buds peppering the walls, a few starting to bloom with the rest.]
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Although he wonders a little about what she was trying to say at the end...it doesn't matter. This is enough for now. Maybe in the not so distant future he might feel a little greedier and want more, as he's always said this is better for them.
So he just hugs her close, the warmth around them spreading to fill the whole room, more little white buds peppering the walls, a few starting to bloom with the rest.]
When this is over...
[His voice is a quiet murmur against her ear.]
...I want to take you on a real date.