Her smile when Tom says Mary is so! Not only bc saying her name's so intimate that it is or bc she imagines what'll come after it, but also bc it's her, Mary, not just another Bennet, no labels or comparisons, her & the way she is, virtues & flaws, just Mary
#TheOtherBennetSister
@pirateandknight She could tell the most absurd story or do the most absurd thing and he would still look at her like that: very very proud and in love. And I think that's beautiful.
imagine telling the man who has been wildly in love and obsessed with you since he met you basically that everyone thinks your sisters are more beautiful and accomplished than you
"It was just a petal"
It was a woman who has never been touched like that by a man, who is starting to feel things she'd never felt b4, who believes she isn't & will never be enough for such a feeling, nor someone capable of making her feel that way... So it wasn't just a petal