He was so kind, and so careful, and yet she thought with just the tiniest push all that caution could be thrown to the wind. It would be easy, she thought, to keep kissing him. Certainly she wished to, and she had a feeling she was very used to acting upon what she wished.
And that's what stopped her. That's what finally made her pull away, regretfully, pressing too-gentle fingers to his lips in a shushing gesture as she did.
"I can't-- this is unfair to you," she said, with a small sigh, and let her hand fall as she took a step back, placing the smallest bit of distance between them before she could change her mind.
"What I want is irrelevant, I think, because I have no idea what I'll want when I am my usual self again, and I would not want you to suffer for my mistakes. I cannot think that I will take pleasure in causing you any undue pain, even then. From all accounts, I was at least a reasonably fair sort of goddess."
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Date: 2007-08-09 01:19 pm (UTC)And that's what stopped her. That's what finally made her pull away, regretfully, pressing too-gentle fingers to his lips in a shushing gesture as she did.
"I can't-- this is unfair to you," she said, with a small sigh, and let her hand fall as she took a step back, placing the smallest bit of distance between them before she could change her mind.
"What I want is irrelevant, I think, because I have no idea what I'll want when I am my usual self again, and I would not want you to suffer for my mistakes. I cannot think that I will take pleasure in causing you any undue pain, even then. From all accounts, I was at least a reasonably fair sort of goddess."