He enters the hall, his gait as familiar to me as his looks, and I am smiling as he crosses the room.
"You are well come," he says, and I am about to bow and thank him when he takes my arms.
I think the smile it surprises out of me must be very bright. He greets me as an equal - and true, we are in status if not yet in rank, but although I had hoped I was not sure things would be like this between us, the easy friendliness we found in our letters. I am still holding my helmet under my left arm, and so I can only grip his arm with my right hand, but his skin is warm under my hand and I feel a startling sort of happiness. I knew I could not go back to being his inferior, not if I wanted - but if he can see me as a man -
My thoughts are tangled, and I hardly hear what he says next.
"Thank you," I say, as he draws back. "Tetricus. It is very good to see you again."
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Date: 2010-10-20 11:42 pm (UTC)"You are well come," he says, and I am about to bow and thank him when he takes my arms.
I think the smile it surprises out of me must be very bright. He greets me as an equal - and true, we are in status if not yet in rank, but although I had hoped I was not sure things would be like this between us, the easy friendliness we found in our letters. I am still holding my helmet under my left arm, and so I can only grip his arm with my right hand, but his skin is warm under my hand and I feel a startling sort of happiness. I knew I could not go back to being his inferior, not if I wanted - but if he can see me as a man -
My thoughts are tangled, and I hardly hear what he says next.
"Thank you," I say, as he draws back. "Tetricus. It is very good to see you again."