I am the dark and I am the light. I am the moon and the starless night sky. Fall in love with all of me, @CrimsonJackass, or do not fall in love with me at all.
@CrimsonJackass guard. No matter how hard I resisted.
I'm done running, Matt. No matter what, no matter if I might wind up getting hurt again, I want to see this through with you until the very end...
@CrimsonJackass as she does so] I have run so many times in my life. When things go wrong or if I get hurt, I ran. And when I stopped running, I'd have my guard up so that I'd never /ever/ allow myself to open up and potentially get hurt again.
But you...you had a way of getting around that --
@CrimsonJackass not so good at the thing with words and using them to express her thoughts.]
There's no place I'd rather be, Matt Murdock. Not for all the money in jewels in the world. Your heart is where I belong...
@CrimsonJackass I could never run away from you. Don't ever let that thought cross your mind again. [Tightens her arms around him, fingertips curling into the material of his shirt. She's making a cognizant effort to not /cling/ to him like she wants since clingyness scares guys off, but she's--
@CrimsonJackass Ahh, no fair! [Squeaks out, quickly padding over and jumping on his back]
You're not supposed to eat the birthday girl's cake without her, Mister.
[Admonishes him in playful tone, ducking her head to kiss that sweet spot right behind his ear, murmuring to his skin after]--
@CrimsonJackass [Watches him from the corner, concentrating really hard on using her powers to cloak her presence. Not like it's ever worked on him yet, but there's a first time for everything. Both hands raise to cover her mouth, stifling the little squee of joy that threatens to escape as --
[Climbs into @CrimsonJackass' lap and makes herself as small as possible, pressing the side of her head against his chest so she can listen to his heartbeat.]
@CrimsonJackass Fact, please? Something from when you were a kid. [Replies against his skin, knowing that he could feel the curve of her smiling lips. It's not like these episodes of hers are an every day occurrence, nor has it been something they've talked about, but he was always quick to --