A brief pause while she relocated his tea to a safe, flat location, and realized also exactly how her words might have been construed. Which was not entirely inaccurate, but not her primary goal. At the moment.
When Raine returned to stand directly in front of him again, she had at least some of her thoughts in order. "It would be, I agree, a benefit to us both to be precise and clear, leaving as little ambiguity as possible," she said, with a decisive nod. She was smiling, the expression small but warm. "Of course, I'm happy to remind you as necessary, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's see. I don't believe I ever mentioned it, but you should know you were a significant part of my decision to stay here, when the opportunity to return home was offered."
It was not something she at all wanted to bring up with Genis, but it seemed like something Solomon deserved to know. Raine leaned forward just a little, her hands resting on the arms of the chair. "I want to wake up to you, day after day," she said, quiet, intent on his face. "To speak with you at leisure, of everything and nothing. And while I confess I am more than occasionally tempted to drag you back into bed when you find it necessary to leave, in the grand scheme of things what matters most of all this, Solomon, is simply having you in my life."
She wanted-- something. To be closer than she was, certainly, but nevertheless Raine hesitated over the urge to reach out, not wholly sure what to do with it.
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When Raine returned to stand directly in front of him again, she had at least some of her thoughts in order. "It would be, I agree, a benefit to us both to be precise and clear, leaving as little ambiguity as possible," she said, with a decisive nod. She was smiling, the expression small but warm. "Of course, I'm happy to remind you as necessary, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's see. I don't believe I ever mentioned it, but you should know you were a significant part of my decision to stay here, when the opportunity to return home was offered."
It was not something she at all wanted to bring up with Genis, but it seemed like something Solomon deserved to know. Raine leaned forward just a little, her hands resting on the arms of the chair. "I want to wake up to you, day after day," she said, quiet, intent on his face. "To speak with you at leisure, of everything and nothing. And while I confess I am more than occasionally tempted to drag you back into bed when you find it necessary to leave, in the grand scheme of things what matters most of all this, Solomon, is simply having you in my life."
She wanted-- something. To be closer than she was, certainly, but nevertheless Raine hesitated over the urge to reach out, not wholly sure what to do with it.