[His hand falls as he looks at her then. He had half expected to hear the sound of that chain snapping and the pendant thrown at him, or perhaps at best held out or dropped on the bed for him to take. So when he hears the subtle sound he braces himself, but her words have him staring blankly at her, seeing how she clutches it to her like a prized treasure she would never elt go.
His heart, tired and aching as it is, pounds as he continues to not know what to think, expect, or hope anymore.]
Then keep it. [His voice tightens.] Nothing has changed.
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His heart, tired and aching as it is, pounds as he continues to not know what to think, expect, or hope anymore.]
Then keep it. [His voice tightens.] Nothing has changed.
[His feelings, that want, that desire.]
Only this time...
[Those promises.]
I won't fail.