Ah! This is one of my favorite P/O fics because it's so sweet but not overly so. You completely stay in character and gah, I love it.
I love the way you describe how "entangled" they've become. So many parts just repeat that image:
He jumps up and grabs her hands, pulling her up and into him.
and tomorrow she's going to rip her heart out finding some way to bring them peace and making sure it can never happen again. The best he can hope to do is minimize the damage.
To both of them.
He tucks her more securely against him, anchoring the blankets around them both.
I just love it. What one feels, the other feels. If she's in pain, he's in pain and vice versa. He's worried about her exhaustion and meanwhile she doesn't want any more of his sleep interrupted on her behalf. & he keeps up with her every step of the way as she navigates this case.
So I just love how you built it all up to her fright and desperation just overwhelming her in the middle of the night, so that she realizes how much she does depend on him. How much she loves curling up in bed with him, how comforting it is to wake up to him. And that it's more than just the comfort he offers her, it's the whole package she wants. She's just so entirely in love with him and after not agreeing to talk about their future, she realizes that she needs to in the hopes of ensuring that future.
And this part is so true and them: He doesn't question why, doesn't even seem fazed to wake to her out of the blue desperation. That's Peter. That's why she wants to keep him.
But yes, beautiful fic. I love how the tension seeped out of her at the end, knowing that he wants to keep her just as much as she wants to keep him. And yay for her mind slipping into sleep and saying those words that he'd just been wondering who would say first. And neither of them bolts. :) They're entangled for sure, and both more than content for it to be that way.
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I love the way you describe how "entangled" they've become. So many parts just repeat that image:
He jumps up and grabs her hands, pulling her up and into him.
and tomorrow she's going to rip her heart out finding some way to bring them peace and making sure it can never happen again. The best he can hope to do is minimize the damage.
To both of them.
He tucks her more securely against him, anchoring the blankets around them both.
I just love it. What one feels, the other feels. If she's in pain, he's in pain and vice versa. He's worried about her exhaustion and meanwhile she doesn't want any more of his sleep interrupted on her behalf. & he keeps up with her every step of the way as she navigates this case.
So I just love how you built it all up to her fright and desperation just overwhelming her in the middle of the night, so that she realizes how much she does depend on him. How much she loves curling up in bed with him, how comforting it is to wake up to him. And that it's more than just the comfort he offers her, it's the whole package she wants. She's just so entirely in love with him and after not agreeing to talk about their future, she realizes that she needs to in the hopes of ensuring that future.
And this part is so true and them:
He doesn't question why, doesn't even seem fazed to wake to her out of the blue desperation. That's Peter. That's why she wants to keep him.
But yes, beautiful fic. I love how the tension seeped out of her at the end, knowing that he wants to keep her just as much as she wants to keep him. And yay for her mind slipping into sleep and saying those words that he'd just been wondering who would say first. And neither of them bolts. :) They're entangled for sure, and both more than content for it to be that way.