Lioriley felt the heat already coloring her cheeks bloom up to the tips of her ears and down her throat, her eyes still focused on their hands for a moment longer.
"There was a time, back in the tower, just before the chaos, where we had spoken. I had invited you to join me in the library and you declined, for what I presume was worry for leaving your station with a mage. And I understood why you had done it, but I had planned to confess something to you that day." And she shouldn't have. And maybe it was better she didn't get the chance... not then, at least. Too dangerous. "I was willing to risk my life for it then."
She took a breath and finally looked up, nervous; fingers shaking in his grasp. "I have loved you for so long, Cullen. Even when I knew it could never happen — when it was wrong given our stations as templar and mage. And I know it has been so long ago now, and I understand if you do not feel the same. But I cannot sit here and lie. I need you to know that I still love you."
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Date: 2024-07-10 05:48 pm (UTC)Lioriley felt the heat already coloring her cheeks bloom up to the tips of her ears and down her throat, her eyes still focused on their hands for a moment longer.
"There was a time, back in the tower, just before the chaos, where we had spoken. I had invited you to join me in the library and you declined, for what I presume was worry for leaving your station with a mage. And I understood why you had done it, but I had planned to confess something to you that day." And she shouldn't have. And maybe it was better she didn't get the chance... not then, at least. Too dangerous. "I was willing to risk my life for it then."
She took a breath and finally looked up, nervous; fingers shaking in his grasp. "I have loved you for so long, Cullen. Even when I knew it could never happen — when it was wrong given our stations as templar and mage. And I know it has been so long ago now, and I understand if you do not feel the same. But I cannot sit here and lie. I need you to know that I still love you."