[ tess has to suppress the urge to giggle, which is sort of weird. she's never really been courted by someone she was actually interested in before--even in this case, the interest took time to kindle, considering the odd situation. in a way, okay, she'd been stolen, but tessa had also come willingly. she'd been longing for a sense of adventure, and suddenly, there it was, handed to her practically on a silver platter. here, she shed her skirts and learned how to sword fight, studied star charts and translated languages whenever they approached foreign ships. she was finding her place here, and it was starting to feel a little like home.
and minji, with her smile so bright it felt like the sunshine, was a key part in that.
at least nowadays, anyway. so tessa keeps that gentle smile on her face and runs her thumb over the side of her hand, and can't help the sort of girlish-- ] Hi. [ that comes out of her mouth. feeling very dumb after that, tessa snaps her mouth shut and lets her gaze trail down to their connected hands, listens to the sound of her heartbeat, feeling her pulse against her fingers. ]
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and minji, with her smile so bright it felt like the sunshine, was a key part in that.
at least nowadays, anyway. so tessa keeps that gentle smile on her face and runs her thumb over the side of her hand, and can't help the sort of girlish-- ] Hi. [ that comes out of her mouth. feeling very dumb after that, tessa snaps her mouth shut and lets her gaze trail down to their connected hands, listens to the sound of her heartbeat, feeling her pulse against her fingers. ]