@ShakenMaverick “Luc.. Oh my gosh.” She gasped as she opened his gifts, taking some time to look over each one before she moved on to the next. They were all beautiful, the smile on her face as bright as a thousand suns.
“These are incredible. Thank you so much.”
@ShakenMaverick ~ understand that this is a lot to process. I just.. I had to tell you.”
Becca’s hands fidgeted in her lap and her eyes fell to the floor. So far he was taking it all a lot better than most would have.
@ShakenMaverick Becca’s lips pressed together, her heart hammering against her chest.
“Y-yeah, I guess. But I don’t want secrets, not from you.”
She let out a long breath, running a hand through her hair.
“There have been so many stories about him, but I promise you he’s a good guy. I ~
@ShakenMaverick ~ before it got too much.. as much as she hoped it would happen, she didn’t want to hurt him.
“His name is James, James Barnes. Though most know him as the Winter Soldier.” Becca bit down on her lip, eyes fixed on him.
@ShakenMaverick Becca nodded her head with a smile.
“Pretty good, yeah. My brother, I, uh, I mean, you may have heard of him.”
She figured she’d get the difficult subject out of the way first. She had no intention of lying to him, and if it was all a bit too much, at least he could leave ~
@ShakenMaverick “Yeah?” Clearly thrilled by his answer, Becca beamed as she glanced up at him. “I’m really glad, Luc.”
The was silence for a little while, and though it was longer than she was usually comfortable with, nothing about it was awkward, at least not to her.
“So, now that we’ve ~
@ShakenMaverick ~ what if he’d been hurt in the past like she had? Oh, she couldn’t bear the thought.
“That’s okay, I understand, and it’s alright.” She said reassuringly. “I’m never going to judge you for feeling how you feel. I-I still like you. Very much.”
@ShakenMaverick She didn’t need him to tell her he was nervous, it was something she’d noticed the moment they’d met. The signs were all there, and the only reason she knew them so well were because she felt them all too. Lucan was a lot like her, and in a way that made her chest hurt because ~