Not that she could have resisted much if he'd really pulled at her, but Sephiroth was relieved that Terra hadn't hesitated as he'd stepped closer just...to hold her. A defiant, rushed thudding in the top of his chest was forever on tenterhooks and apprehensively expecting her to do just that.
But she didn't and it seemed, as she settled the side of her face against the dark fabric of the freshly-pressed shirt, that Sephiroth too just seemed to settle around her. His arms drew themselves carefully around her shoulders, a few strands of longer silver hair within his bangs just coming to rest against her bare skin as he dipped his head down; pressing the side of his chin against the side of her head a little and taking a deep scent in of the already-familiar way her clean hair smelled. Except this time it wasn't just to be appreciated in passing and it seemed to cling to his racing heartbeat and make it keep up the pace.
Sephiroth was careful in the way he breathed while they remained locked in that long moment. He didn't want to startle Terra, nor wake up if this was in fact a dream. Eventually he held her a little tighter, once he was certain she wasn't about to step away.
"I should be thanking you." The words, reverberated through his chords at closer proximity sounded deeper than they might usually. "For still being there, and putting up with all of it."
That's gotta be a song, somewhere!!
But she didn't and it seemed, as she settled the side of her face against the dark fabric of the freshly-pressed shirt, that Sephiroth too just seemed to settle around her. His arms drew themselves carefully around her shoulders, a few strands of longer silver hair within his bangs just coming to rest against her bare skin as he dipped his head down; pressing the side of his chin against the side of her head a little and taking a deep scent in of the already-familiar way her clean hair smelled. Except this time it wasn't just to be appreciated in passing and it seemed to cling to his racing heartbeat and make it keep up the pace.
Sephiroth was careful in the way he breathed while they remained locked in that long moment. He didn't want to startle Terra, nor wake up if this was in fact a dream. Eventually he held her a little tighter, once he was certain she wasn't about to step away.
"I should be thanking you." The words, reverberated through his chords at closer proximity sounded deeper than they might usually. "For still being there, and putting up with all of it."