[He thinks she retreating from him when she curls even more into herself and he tells himself that that's all right, even if it does make his chest feeling painfully tight.
But a second later, the little ball she's made herself into leans enough to thump lightly against his chest and his face relaxes even as he exhales in relief and wraps his arms around her. Not too tight, she's already wrapped into herself enough that he doesn't want to make her feel constricted if she wants to move, but his arms and body shift to shelter her completely and he rests his cheek against the top of her bowed head. Smiling. He realizes he's smiling and he's glad she can't see because he'd hate for her to take it the wrong way. His eyes shut -
and then open and he chuckles, just one exhale of it, that rumbles in his chest. She gets a very light squeeze.]
I promise. Not a word. [He resists the urge to kiss the top of her head. Pauses and then gives her a distraction if she wants it.] Besides - I hear bunny kicks can be pretty tough.
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But a second later, the little ball she's made herself into leans enough to thump lightly against his chest and his face relaxes even as he exhales in relief and wraps his arms around her. Not too tight, she's already wrapped into herself enough that he doesn't want to make her feel constricted if she wants to move, but his arms and body shift to shelter her completely and he rests his cheek against the top of her bowed head. Smiling. He realizes he's smiling and he's glad she can't see because he'd hate for her to take it the wrong way. His eyes shut -
and then open and he chuckles, just one exhale of it, that rumbles in his chest. She gets a very light squeeze.]
I promise. Not a word. [He resists the urge to kiss the top of her head. Pauses and then gives her a distraction if she wants it.] Besides - I hear bunny kicks can be pretty tough.