"Almost never," he agreed, grinning. "But we've gotten pretty good at improvising." There was a time, before he'd come to Sundance at least, when he'd always had a plan. A plan and two or three back-up plans in fact. Not one of those plans had ever included falling in love though. That was something he never thought he'd do.
He should have considered that option though. Deep down, Jace was a hopeless romantic. That might have seemed odd, but to do what he did, he had to be. He had to understand how the story was supposed to go, how things were meant to be, what sort of happy endings everyone dreamed of. For once though, he wasn't spinning that story out of nothing to fit some devious purpose. Instead, it was happening to him, and it turned out that he was a sucker for the promise of a happy ending too, just like any of fate's other hapless marks.
"No, I didn't. For a while, I just thought I was going crazy. But I finally figured it out about a week ago." He laughed softly and slid his arms around her waist, still holding her close.
"I should have figured it out sooner though. I should have known back when we had that silly archery contest and I suddenly wondered if I was falling for you. I should have known when I started thinking that it was cute when you joked about arresting me." He gave her a quick, teasing kiss. "I should have known when we were snowed in with zero options among a bunch of people we couldn't trust and it was still one of the best days of my life because that was the day you said you wanted me." He kissed her again, this time slightly longer, more intense. "I should have known when I found those bastards at our shelter and the only thing I could think about was getting to you."