( And miles from that beginning where every show of affection was met with a subtle stiffening of limbs or the push towards something more explicit. As he pulls her closer, Kate relaxes, soft and pliant in his arms, inhaling his familiar warm scent under the sharp chill of the night air. Somewhere in amongst the kisses and trips to bed, breakfasts and dinners and being dragged out of work long enough to eat, his arms became the safest place in the broken city, where god-induced misery and self-induced guilt no longer tread.
She lets herself smile, lets herself lean into the kiss, and then he goes and says that and the calm is broken by eyerolls and a light shove against his side. )
Shut up.
( She moves with all the sudden, easy grace he's used to by now, lifting herself up and straddling his legs, hands going to shoulders and brushing up to his collar before pulling him close for another kiss. )
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Date: 2019-01-15 08:27 pm (UTC)She lets herself smile, lets herself lean into the kiss, and then he goes and says that and the calm is broken by eyerolls and a light shove against his side. )
Shut up.
( She moves with all the sudden, easy grace he's used to by now, lifting herself up and straddling his legs, hands going to shoulders and brushing up to his collar before pulling him close for another kiss. )