[She agrees. Eren used to ramble endlessly, thoughtlessly - about anything, even when he didn't understand what he was trying to say.
[It's so difficult now to use words when they haven't been recited, rehearsed, steeled into something cold and false. He doesn't want to give Aubrey cold, false.
[Some impulse overcomes him. The only warning is the slow ease with which he stoops down, hooks his arms beneath her thighs, and lifts her up until he's holding her, as effortless as picking up a ten-pound housecat.
[He'll let her cling - legs, arms, all of her. She can hold him truly and completely, and he'll support the weight. He wishes he could say the words, "I love you," but they still in his throat.
[He holds her tight, close, with a strong arm beneath, and the other around, hand gripping the back of her head.
[Whispers:] How could I ever walk away? [Then, now - how could he ever?]
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[It's so difficult now to use words when they haven't been recited, rehearsed, steeled into something cold and false. He doesn't want to give Aubrey cold, false.
[Some impulse overcomes him. The only warning is the slow ease with which he stoops down, hooks his arms beneath her thighs, and lifts her up until he's holding her, as effortless as picking up a ten-pound housecat.
[He'll let her cling - legs, arms, all of her. She can hold him truly and completely, and he'll support the weight. He wishes he could say the words, "I love you," but they still in his throat.
[He holds her tight, close, with a strong arm beneath, and the other around, hand gripping the back of her head.
[Whispers:] How could I ever walk away? [Then, now - how could he ever?]