[ the realization pauses, then comes all at once, like a wave crashing into the shore. the side of a ship. her smile doesn't waver, doesn't grow, just stands still and constant and bright. alexander tightens, tenses, but the light doesn't falter in his eyes.
but then he says her name - throat tight, words difficult - and she can't hold in her excitement any more. ]
I wasn't sure how to tell you, but I found out the day before yes- [ but then his lips are on hers, and she's melting, unaware of the noises philip has started to make at being jostled around so much and now no longer the center of attention.
and when he moves to bury his face in her hair, she shifts as well, setting her head on his chest, moving more over into his lap as she attends to philip, quiets him again before moving him to her own lap, just so that it's easier for her to get closer to alexander still. but after a few moments of silence pass - alexander's breathing hitching every once in awhile, so she knows why, but she says it any way. ]
Alexander. [ because eliza can't keep quiet about this anymore. because alexander is here this time to experience her finding out herself. ] Tell me what you're thinking.
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but then he says her name - throat tight, words difficult - and she can't hold in her excitement any more. ]
I wasn't sure how to tell you, but I found out the day before yes- [ but then his lips are on hers, and she's melting, unaware of the noises philip has started to make at being jostled around so much and now no longer the center of attention.
and when he moves to bury his face in her hair, she shifts as well, setting her head on his chest, moving more over into his lap as she attends to philip, quiets him again before moving him to her own lap, just so that it's easier for her to get closer to alexander still. but after a few moments of silence pass - alexander's breathing hitching every once in awhile, so she knows why, but she says it any way. ]
Alexander. [ because eliza can't keep quiet about this anymore. because alexander is here this time to experience her finding out herself. ] Tell me what you're thinking.