“Perhaps you should have thought of that before you treated me with such kindness. Certainly before you kissed me. Why, then? I will know why.” In her anger and frustration, tears spilled down her cheeks. “My lord, I asked not even a chance, and yet you offered one, and now take it away.”
He looked at her and put his hand on her face, concerned and upset at how she was reacting to his words, “This is why I wished to say nothing, and my mind did tell me to not kiss you… to not touch you… and to not wish you within my arms, but… I could not listen to it, I could not hear upon those words.”
“Your every action belies your speech.” Despite her tears, anger emboldened Summer; she clasped his hand with one of her own, and reached up to brush his face with her fingertips. “Henry. Answer me. Why, last night? I thought it a dream. But you tell me ‘twas reality. /Why/?”
Henry sighed.
“I… in truth I do not know why I kissed you,” he said, “Perhaps it was an impulse I could not fight, to kiss you… because I wanted to… since that day when I missed you at the library.”
“You — /you/ chose. Do you not see, Henry? You say you do not know your own heart, and yet — do you truly not see? Even before you heard me expose my heart, here, already you encouraged my emotion, and yet deny your own.” She stopped, looking earnestly up at Henry. “If in the end, in the end, Henry, it is not to be, I would wish to know that we took the chance. That you allowed yourself the chance.”
if anon doesn’t like it – why the hell does anon read it? it’s not like it’s mandatory. there is an ‘Unfollow’ button that takes less time than writing these messages…. *rolls eyes* your answer: thumbsup. xxxxxx
Well, they seem to have buggered off. I was actually kind of liking it … and I have to admit, I’m kind of curious who this ‘everyone’ is, since so far there’s been exactly two in-character reactions to it besides Tony’s, and both of them have been completely reasonable. And one of those is now following me?
Interestingly, I agree with you on some of that. On the other hand … I have in fact spoken to that mun, and so far /they/ haven’t indicated to me that there’s a problem. And frankly theirs is the only word I’m concerned about. When billionaire-mun comes to me and says “Your muse is making me uncomfortable,” I’ll discuss that with them.
You, who can’t seem to be honest about who you are, are shit out of luck. And let me let you in on something that’s not a secret: I’m perfectly fine with other muses having a problem with my muse’s reaction to Tony, and her behavior. That’s a story, and I’m happy to write it. But other muns having a problem with my muse’s reaction to Tony? That’s your problem, not mine.
Let’s put it this way, anon. As far as my muse is concerned, Tony is Tony. Each Tony she meets is the only Tony, because I do everything AU unless I’ve a reason not to. I’ve tried to make her not be in love with him, and it just does not take.
Me personally, I really like billionaire-tony-stark’s writing. I want to write with that person, because they are just awesome. I frankly could not care less if his/her Tony reciprocates Summer’s feelings, if they superhero together, if she becomes his PA or babysitter or weird friend or drinking buddy or whatever. That mun is a /superb/ writer, and I want to work with them. Whatever it takes.
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Desire slid along every nerve, centring at Humphrey’s fingers, and Summer convulsed forward, burying her face in his neck as climax overtook her body. “Humphrey … ” Far from screaming his name, her voice dropped to a strangled wail, smothered into his throat. “Unfair,” she mumbled, “your hands are so unfair.” Another shudder ran the length of her body, buckling her knees.
