And I know I can trust you to do the same. [Allison's already proved she will. She's been looking out for Alexander since well before Venus arrived on the barge. For that alone, she would've earned Venus' respect, but she has grown fond of the young woman on her own merits, and she's touched by the kiss.
She shakes her head slightly, looking almost shy but it's not true shyness in her expression. It's that she still gets a little flutter in her chest whenever she remembers.]
As it turns out, not actually forever. [Admittedly the circumstances had been a bit extreme and maybe he wouldn't have said the words had emotions not been running high. But he did say them, and she knows he meant them.]
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She shakes her head slightly, looking almost shy but it's not true shyness in her expression. It's that she still gets a little flutter in her chest whenever she remembers.]
As it turns out, not actually forever. [Admittedly the circumstances had been a bit extreme and maybe he wouldn't have said the words had emotions not been running high. But he did say them, and she knows he meant them.]