Caroline smiles, and she takes his hand as she pulls herself to her feet, and she sighs. "Why, I never thought you'd ask." And she's smiling, as letting him lead but it's not formal the way it's been before, it's not stiff, it's just her hand in his and her hand on his shoulder and she's actually relaxing from her super-keyed-up-always-stressed-neurotic-control-freak mindset so that she can just stare up into his eyes, speaking only after a minute or two, her voice soft. "If you could have anything- anything, what would it be?"
And her eyes search his like there's some deeper answer there, like she'll find it and then a lot of things that don't right now will make sense again.
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And her eyes search his like there's some deeper answer there, like she'll find it and then a lot of things that don't right now will make sense again.