[ she realizes she's done something wrong when he stares for so long and her breath catches once. she's still reeling a little from the thought of having a son at all (and being married, and pregnant, and so on), and now she's said something wrong but finally he's looking back at her and yeah and she manages a small smile, overwhelmed and tired and suddenly she finds herself reaching to take one of his hands and lead him toward the back of the shop. ]
Come sit with me behind the counter so we can talk. Obviously I can tell who your father is. [ awkward. she squeezes his hand before turning to look at him because she just can't stop. before she and james parted so that she could run the shop, they'd thought briefly about a future. lily's thought about kids. ] You look just like I'd imagined when I thought about having children. [ oh. a beat. ] I'm sorry, that's probably really weird, it's just—overwhelming. I know it's probably worse for you with the displacement.
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[ she realizes she's done something wrong when he stares for so long and her breath catches once. she's still reeling a little from the thought of having a son at all (and being married, and pregnant, and so on), and now she's said something wrong but finally he's looking back at her and yeah and she manages a small smile, overwhelmed and tired and suddenly she finds herself reaching to take one of his hands and lead him toward the back of the shop. ]
Come sit with me behind the counter so we can talk. Obviously I can tell who your father is. [ awkward. she squeezes his hand before turning to look at him because she just can't stop. before she and james parted so that she could run the shop, they'd thought briefly about a future. lily's thought about kids. ] You look just like I'd imagined when I thought about having children. [ oh. a beat. ] I'm sorry, that's probably really weird, it's just—overwhelming. I know it's probably worse for you with the displacement.