( louis is so overwhelmed with sudden feeling that he's afraid that he might actually weep. his throat feels tight, as if too many words are caught up in it, as if his useless breaths might quiet his racing heart. it sounds like such a simple, obvious answer, but things have never been simple or obvious between them even when he thought them so. he's always had an inherent need to put everything into neat and tidy categories — to label his relationships so that he can understand what they are and perform his duties appropriately. to behave like a mortal would, in short.
he pulls her hands to his chest and shuts his eyes, nodding once, very solemnly. he kisses her knuckles and nods again, eyes stinging as he blinks back tears, wondering what she must think of this absurd sentiment. )
I would like that very much indeed.
( he doesn't actually weep, but it is a near thing. his eyes are rimmed with a faint red that perhaps only her vampire eyes can see. he loves her, still, so dearly, after all this time, even without the fear and confusion that had made them one another's entire world. )
I want to hear you speak plainly with me again. I want you to be able to call on me when you need me. I want to know your heart, and for you to know mine… because we love each other, because we chose it, and not because we have no one else.
[It's still very difficult, in a way, particularly for a woman as stubborn as Claudia. She wants him still, the way that she pleases...but knows when she has reached the limit of possibility. And if this is what they can have, now: she will take it.
Better to have Louis in her life as a trusted friend than to not have him at all. There will still always be love.]
Oh, Louis. You will always be my choice, no matter who else there may be.
[No matter who else may come and go, regardless of other types of love that may enter her life, or his: in their separate eternities, he will always be her soulmate.
Moving closer to him, so their bodies are truly pressed together, Claudia cranes up to plant a sweet kiss upon his bowed forehead.]
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he pulls her hands to his chest and shuts his eyes, nodding once, very solemnly. he kisses her knuckles and nods again, eyes stinging as he blinks back tears, wondering what she must think of this absurd sentiment. )
I would like that very much indeed.
( he doesn't actually weep, but it is a near thing. his eyes are rimmed with a faint red that perhaps only her vampire eyes can see. he loves her, still, so dearly, after all this time, even without the fear and confusion that had made them one another's entire world. )
I want to hear you speak plainly with me again. I want you to be able to call on me when you need me. I want to know your heart, and for you to know mine… because we love each other, because we chose it, and not because we have no one else.
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Better to have Louis in her life as a trusted friend than to not have him at all. There will still always be love.]
Oh, Louis. You will always be my choice, no matter who else there may be.
[No matter who else may come and go, regardless of other types of love that may enter her life, or his: in their separate eternities, he will always be her soulmate.
Moving closer to him, so their bodies are truly pressed together, Claudia cranes up to plant a sweet kiss upon his bowed forehead.]