AAAAAWWWWWWWW <3
The warmth was welcomed, his arms sitting softly at her sides, thumb curling against her thigh. Love was such a whimsical thing to most, abused by others. He rubbed a finger against her bottom lip, engulfed in her declaration. It pushed aside the heaviness, his heart swelling at those words. "I never expected to feel that way about anyone again," he said dropping his hand and letting it settle against her other thigh. Polyxena was not playing with his heart, if she did the outcome would be disastrous. He was consumed by her though, he had opened up for her. Saying his feelings so bluntly as she had wasn't easy, but it was obvious.