[ When he catches her flapping hands and holds onto them, it surprises her into speechlessness, thankfully ending the barrage of apologies. It's the first time that anyone has touched her here for any extended length of time, and so it's also the first time she really gets to feel... this...
What is this? It's so... gentle... and she feels so much more peaceful now, like she's lying in bed listening to the soft tip tap of rain against her window.
Is she feeling... him? Or...
While she was lost in her thoughts, she'd just been wordlessly staring down at their entwined hands, her lips parted in wonder—but now reality catches up to her, and her head snaps up, her whole body going tense. Oh... oh no, she was just staring! Like she was mesmerized by... his hands...
And then she slowly goes red with the realization that they've been holding hands this entire time, and she was acting like... like... ]
my broken html.... grimaces
What is this? It's so... gentle... and she feels so much more peaceful now, like she's lying in bed listening to the soft tip tap of rain against her window.
Is she feeling... him? Or...
While she was lost in her thoughts, she'd just been wordlessly staring down at their entwined hands, her lips parted in wonder—but now reality catches up to her, and her head snaps up, her whole body going tense. Oh... oh no, she was just staring! Like she was mesmerized by... his hands...
And then she slowly goes red with the realization that they've been holding hands this entire time, and she was acting like... like... ]
A-Ah... I'm s-sorry...
[ She doesn't pull her hands away, though. ]