[She's never thought she'd interest anybody; if she ever had that sort of hope, her father had crushed it thoroughly, early on. If any duke ever gave her the time of day, she assumed it would be a radically older, desperate one, who was in some backroom agreement with the Count.
Here, with the type of handsome young man who would sooner put an arrow in her father's throat than give him the time of day?
Inconceivable.]
I. Um.
[When he pulls back, her knees immediately give out. His jacket slips through her fingers and she lands, sitting stunned on the ground.
Still staring up at him, and steadily growing redder and redder as her brain scrambles to catch up with... current event. Her own hand rises to her mouth, unconsciously mirroring him.]
[There's a strange little aborted movement, like he wants to go to her, help her to her feet, steady her but now after that he's terrified to touch her again. Gods what the hell had happened here?
His jacket is all askew and he can't help her up but he can... Instead of righting his jacket he shrugs out of it, crouching down in front of her. His face is not as red as hers but that's only because the flush shows up so much brighter on her porcelain complexion. (Porcelain? Stars, he sounds like Lorenz.) A moment of looking at her, still disbelieving and shocked. Then he swings his jacket around to drape it over her shoulders, still warm from his body and a warm, spicy musk clinging to it like sunshine and sandalwood.]
I'm sorry. [Cautious words he's well aware won't make up for whatever the hells he's just done here but it's all he can get out, the great leader stunned into near silence. Then he pushes to his feet, backs away from her for a few steps before turning on his heel and bolting down the street, the convenient power of his gembond making sure he's out of sight in but a moment.]
[It feels like the next few seconds bunch and jump, like pages stuck together and then speeding ahead in the story. One moment he's there, he's... taking his jacket off...?!]
I-I...!
[And then he's apologizing, and then he's gone.
And she's still here, swathed in a man's jacket—the jacket of the man who just kissed her—the chill of the pavement slowly seeping into her legs.]
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Date: 2021-02-07 09:42 pm (UTC)Here, with the type of handsome young man who would sooner put an arrow in her father's throat than give him the time of day?
Inconceivable.]
I. Um.
[When he pulls back, her knees immediately give out. His jacket slips through her fingers and she lands, sitting stunned on the ground.
Still staring up at him, and steadily growing redder and redder as her brain scrambles to catch up with... current event. Her own hand rises to her mouth, unconsciously mirroring him.]
C-Cl... Claude...?
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Date: 2021-02-07 10:01 pm (UTC)His jacket is all askew and he can't help her up but he can... Instead of righting his jacket he shrugs out of it, crouching down in front of her. His face is not as red as hers but that's only because the flush shows up so much brighter on her porcelain complexion. (Porcelain? Stars, he sounds like Lorenz.) A moment of looking at her, still disbelieving and shocked. Then he swings his jacket around to drape it over her shoulders, still warm from his body and a warm, spicy musk clinging to it like sunshine and sandalwood.]
I'm sorry. [Cautious words he's well aware won't make up for whatever the hells he's just done here but it's all he can get out, the great leader stunned into near silence. Then he pushes to his feet, backs away from her for a few steps before turning on his heel and bolting down the street, the convenient power of his gembond making sure he's out of sight in but a moment.]
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Date: 2021-02-07 10:07 pm (UTC)I-I...!
[And then he's apologizing, and then he's gone.
And she's still here, swathed in a man's jacket—the jacket of the man who just kissed her—the chill of the pavement slowly seeping into her legs.]
...I don't... u-understand...