Swiftcurrent Creek [m] Fairy blue, it is only for you that I would crush the stars

"yes, yes." of course he did. eagerly, desperately, he came forward, settling his forehead against her own with a low shuddering sigh. "it's forever."
lestan could bear no thought of existence without her, let alone while she carried his children into some unknown future that did not involve him. but that potential mattered less than all the times he felt he had almost lost reverie, including now.
forever felt so short when his heart galloped with such wretched pain and wondrous excitement.
"i want this. and i want you."
and now perhaps they would proceed on equal footing, the way that she wished. he would not cling so much — try, at least.