these wings are made to fly

Where she faltered, he pushed forward without hesitation, moving toward her and resting beside her. She had missed him, was glad that he still wanted to be near her. Would he accept her apology? Would she receive another chance? His actions awakened hope within her chest, and as he lay his head over her shoulders, she felt not pressure - but that much lighter. He wasn't upset with her... there wasn't a way in the world that he didn't know - about the wedding, what was almost her wedding. So that meant that he could do this with that in mind, he could close the distance between the two of them even though she had almost left him behind.


He was so close, she couldn't help but sigh, his scent and presence calming.


She would worry about speaking in a moment, taking a moment to relish in Gideon was entirely fine with her. Yet he was the one to break the silence, and his words made her heart skip a beat. The last time that they had found each other again, he had promised to try. She was shocked - the woman would have understood if he moved on, or had decided to stay true to the ways that he had grown up knowing. But that wasn't the case - he had waited, he had stayed true to his word and gone above and beyond her expectation. A part of her was slow to believe it, it was too good to be true. Yet that fraction of her mind was pushed aside with joy - and her lips that had been pulled into a frown so sullen immediately pulled into a smile.


For a moment words escaped her, a future that she had wanted so badly but repressed over the course of the last season was suddenly standing before her in it's entirety. She was being spoiled - she knew it! Yet she would never turn Gideon away, even if she was being selfish to keep him beside her. Why, she was tempted to make him say it again, just to bask in the words even further. The first time they had come to an agreement, she told him that as long as he was hers, she was his. Now she knew that even if he changed his mind, she would still cling to him regardless. "You don't get another choice Gideon - you're mine too now!" Letting him go felt awful, it wasn't something that she ever wanted to experience again. Her voice wavered, tears threatening to fall even though she was smiling still. "I won't ever let you go, I love you and you're stuck." She laughed, a tiny bubble of a sound that burst out of contentment and happiness.