[ well, at least it's not the immediate refusal that it could have been, and emma will consider that a step in the right direction. he's here, he's not disappearing, and that's good enough (for now).
she relaxes slightly, her grip on the deck loosening, but she doesn't hold it out to him just yet. she hesitates, opening her mouth to speak, only then realizing that she has so many things she wants to say, so much she could say, and she has no idea where to start. ]
...I missed seein' you.
[ —well, that's not where she thought she'd pick this up.
it's an honest admission, though, and she looks mildly embarrassed, but— she does want him to know that. she wants him to know, somehow, that she hadn't just been tolerating his presence, that she'd been glad to have him around, even if admitting that would be just as difficult for her. ]
And I haven't liked havin' you gone.
[ she crosses her arms over her chest with the cards, the posture a little defensive, like she's wary about the kind of reception she may get from him; as much as she wants to set this right, part of her is worried he won't be quite so accepting of any apologies or attempts to talk this out, that she'll just be exposing a vulnerable aspect of herself for nothing. ]
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she relaxes slightly, her grip on the deck loosening, but she doesn't hold it out to him just yet. she hesitates, opening her mouth to speak, only then realizing that she has so many things she wants to say, so much she could say, and she has no idea where to start. ]
...I missed seein' you.
[ —well, that's not where she thought she'd pick this up.
it's an honest admission, though, and she looks mildly embarrassed, but— she does want him to know that. she wants him to know, somehow, that she hadn't just been tolerating his presence, that she'd been glad to have him around, even if admitting that would be just as difficult for her. ]
And I haven't liked havin' you gone.
[ she crosses her arms over her chest with the cards, the posture a little defensive, like she's wary about the kind of reception she may get from him; as much as she wants to set this right, part of her is worried he won't be quite so accepting of any apologies or attempts to talk this out, that she'll just be exposing a vulnerable aspect of herself for nothing. ]