[ It settles warmly in her throat every time she hears it - her name, the way Oberon says it. Right from the start, hearing it had made her feel... real again, maybe. It hadn't stopped the feeling that she was something dead walking around but it has stopped her from feeling like a ghost.
Now it makes her heart lift. That thought strikes her again - that for her heart to be stirred at all, then it's the proof that she's alive. ]
You have to keep saying my name like that. [ Another of those softly muttered commands into the breath between kisses. ] You have to keep reminding me that I'm here.
[ Because otherwise, she can't quite bring herself to believe it. ]
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Now it makes her heart lift. That thought strikes her again - that for her heart to be stirred at all, then it's the proof that she's alive. ]
You have to keep saying my name like that. [ Another of those softly muttered commands into the breath between kisses. ] You have to keep reminding me that I'm here.
[ Because otherwise, she can't quite bring herself to believe it. ]