It's her first thought, every morning, every evening, every time he looks up at her from across the dinner table, handsome craggy face creased into a fond smile. It hits solidly with each beat of her heart.
She.
Doesn't.
Deserve.
This.
She remembers vividly the first time they met, how she thought him a brute in expensive clothing, like a tiger leashed with a diamond chain; how his arrogance lined each word, negated her every attempt at advice or control. She'd hated his coolness, froze him out with her own.
And now?
Now, she wonders how she'd ever forgotten how to breathe easily. Remembers with astonishment what it's like to fill her lungs with air, to smile, to live.
And she doesn't deserve it. But she does want it.
And they're safe here. There's no possible way Mr. White could find her, no retribution MI6 could exact. She can lean back against his chest, safely. So she does. "It must be, to impress you," she teases. Bond's particular brand of bland disinterest had frustrated her, but James?
He's interested in everything. In learning more. In being the best.
Re: aughhhhh.
It's her first thought, every morning, every evening, every time he looks up at her from across the dinner table, handsome craggy face creased into a fond smile. It hits solidly with each beat of her heart.
She.
Doesn't.
Deserve.
This.
She remembers vividly the first time they met, how she thought him a brute in expensive clothing, like a tiger leashed with a diamond chain; how his arrogance lined each word, negated her every attempt at advice or control. She'd hated his coolness, froze him out with her own.
And now?
Now, she wonders how she'd ever forgotten how to breathe easily. Remembers with astonishment what it's like to fill her lungs with air, to smile, to live.
And she doesn't deserve it. But she does want it.
And they're safe here. There's no possible way Mr. White could find her, no retribution MI6 could exact. She can lean back against his chest, safely. So she does. "It must be, to impress you," she teases. Bond's particular brand of bland disinterest had frustrated her, but James?
He's interested in everything. In learning more. In being the best.
And, that -- him -- she loves.