[ his eyes move from her to their hands, watching the way her fingers slip through his. his chest tightens for a brief second, his heart jumping inside, but he's more grateful for the contact than he's...nervous? excited? about the fact her fingers are in his. how warm her hand is in his.
a bigger part of lance wishes that his chest could just calm down, considering what they're talking about and what has brought the conversation up. lance is terrified, and that fear doesn't just go away. instead, he's just....also dealing with how his heart is beating kind of fast.
but then allura moves their hands to her lap, and lance's eyes lift back up to her face, and the butterflies fall away to a kind of ease that comes from just how determined she is as she answers. and okay, maybe he does kind of believe her when she says she'll get better, and maybe he does feel a bit better, and lance feels himself smile a bit at her through it. ]
You're very persuasive when you want to be. [ and then, as allura gets right to the heart of what lance couldn't really say, he lets out a breath, his eyes drifting back to their hands, her lap, anywhere else but her face. ]
I know I just- [ worry, freak out, know i can't do this on my own. ] I just want to help. If I can.
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a bigger part of lance wishes that his chest could just calm down, considering what they're talking about and what has brought the conversation up. lance is terrified, and that fear doesn't just go away. instead, he's just....also dealing with how his heart is beating kind of fast.
but then allura moves their hands to her lap, and lance's eyes lift back up to her face, and the butterflies fall away to a kind of ease that comes from just how determined she is as she answers. and okay, maybe he does kind of believe her when she says she'll get better, and maybe he does feel a bit better, and lance feels himself smile a bit at her through it. ]
You're very persuasive when you want to be. [ and then, as allura gets right to the heart of what lance couldn't really say, he lets out a breath, his eyes drifting back to their hands, her lap, anywhere else but her face. ]
I know I just- [ worry, freak out, know i can't do this on my own. ] I just want to help. If I can.