[ Beginning to turn, to rise, he caught her mid-motion, holding her there with both hands holding the sides of her still slightly damp face. Frozen there, her eyes suddenly open wide, she startled gently as he said her name in such a rough-soft manner. Firm and outwardly calm, she could tell in that instant—
Oh.
Oh, she made a terrible mistake just now.
"Please stop."
Did he know what he was asking? Did he truly know? Hesitantly looking up at him through her lashes, that put-upon smile miles away by now, she willed herself to stay composed just then. No, no this was all wrong, this wasn't... what she wanted. This wasn't what was supposed to happen. That much was clear on her face, even in the moons' light.
And as she readied herself to refute him, to plead her case— ]
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Oh.
Oh, she made a terrible mistake just now.
"Please stop."
Did he know what he was asking? Did he truly know? Hesitantly looking up at him through her lashes, that put-upon smile miles away by now, she willed herself to stay composed just then. No, no this was all wrong, this wasn't... what she wanted. This wasn't what was supposed to happen. That much was clear on her face, even in the moons' light.
And as she readied herself to refute him, to plead her case— ]