[And he's going to give her a small, chaste kiss on the top of her head, lips lingering before he shifts slightly so that he can rest his head against hers, eyes closing slightly as he continues to take in her warmth.]
...I mean it, though. Usually I prefer to be by myself, not bother or worry anyone else about my own problems.
[Not show this side of him, especially when he had so many people looking up to him, to him for their own strength and guidance. Something he knows she knows well. He's carried that "leadership" role for so long, it's just like another skin, a part of him that will never go away. Which means the habits formed from them are hard to go away as well, if they ever could. Which, in many ways, can create a sense of loneliness that he doesn't even fully realize.
Or didn't quite realize until she screamed at him a few months ago about how he shoulders everything by himself.]
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[And he's going to give her a small, chaste kiss on the top of her head, lips lingering before he shifts slightly so that he can rest his head against hers, eyes closing slightly as he continues to take in her warmth.]
...I mean it, though. Usually I prefer to be by myself, not bother or worry anyone else about my own problems.
[Not show this side of him, especially when he had so many people looking up to him, to him for their own strength and guidance. Something he knows she knows well. He's carried that "leadership" role for so long, it's just like another skin, a part of him that will never go away. Which means the habits formed from them are hard to go away as well, if they ever could. Which, in many ways, can create a sense of loneliness that he doesn't even fully realize.
Or didn't quite realize until she screamed at him a few months ago about how he shoulders everything by himself.]
But you're the only one...I feel like I can.