[ It makes something clench tight in her chest, to hear him say these things and feel that same sentiment resonate inside her — feelings she's tried to smother for a century, a hundred years or more where nothing mattered and everything was transient. She had been existing in a blur of blood and blasterfire, moving from place to place with no attachment to anything or anyone. Apathetic. Numb. The galaxy felt like a vast emptiness. If someone had managed to kill her back then, it might have been a relief.
But somehow, she ended up here instead. And with them, it's the most alive she's felt in longer than she can really remember.
She holds him tighter as they move together, closer to her — close enough that her nose brushes against his temple, putting her mouth close to his ear when she answers: ]
I love you so much it scares me. [ The words are barely there, quiet and rough, as if each syllable struggles to free itself from her throat. ] I love you so much it hurts.
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But somehow, she ended up here instead. And with them, it's the most alive she's felt in longer than she can really remember.
She holds him tighter as they move together, closer to her — close enough that her nose brushes against his temple, putting her mouth close to his ear when she answers: ]
I love you so much it scares me. [ The words are barely there, quiet and rough, as if each syllable struggles to free itself from her throat. ] I love you so much it hurts.