will-never-be-a-swan:

wrapped-in-shadows:

He just nods, before he wraps his arms around her tightly, pressing his lips against her forehead. She wanted to. She would say yes. He was so afraid she wouldn’t, that she had seen that it was pointless being with a man like him. That all he had wasn’t enough, that she deserved better than an introvert who painted his life away. But she wanted to stay… she wanted to be with him, when the time came, and… oh gosh. He wishes they were safe now. That there was no danger, no threat, that he could whisk her away from the villains and the bad guys and just be with her, loving her with every part of him.

“It will happen.” he thinks to himself. “It will.”

She snuggles into him on the bed, enjoying this bit of peace for a while, already dreaming of a future together with the love of her life. They’d get through it all together. She was sure of it.