So: what now? Off to work? With her in the corner, like his lady's maid? That'd be a pleasant thought - simpering at her, gossiping like the princess whose company she keeps - except that that lightness seems impossible, now. He knows that's not what she wants. He knows that if she does that, she'll just be humoring him.
And what of it? Don't I deserve to be humored? The answer to that is, of course, absolutely not; his cowardice should not be indulged, lest it grow fat.
And so, after a moment, his gaze shifts away. And he says, awkwardly - ]
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Date: 2021-02-24 03:04 am (UTC)So: what now? Off to work? With her in the corner, like his lady's maid? That'd be a pleasant thought - simpering at her, gossiping like the princess whose company she keeps - except that that lightness seems impossible, now. He knows that's not what she wants. He knows that if she does that, she'll just be humoring him.
And what of it? Don't I deserve to be humored? The answer to that is, of course, absolutely not; his cowardice should not be indulged, lest it grow fat.
And so, after a moment, his gaze shifts away. And he says, awkwardly - ]
Should we...talk, then? About - all that?