Ethan can't even imagine a world where he said all of those things that he has known for such a long time at the dance, and he felt that she never-- that she couldn't possibly feel the same way toward him. So many things happened that kept them apart too on top of that, and he could never imagine a world where she would walk up and kiss him like it's normal, like she wants to, like she wants him like that. He loves her. He was always going to love her even if she didn't feel the same, but-- but the idea of a world where she does is--
It's amazing and hard to wrap his head around. There's this ache spreading through his chest, and his eyes are burning still.
He sees the confusion as it crosses her face, but then it is followed by understanding too. They both know so much about Rifts, about different worlds that they've heard about situations like this before, but it is still strange to think this is an Elena who knows him but has-- obviously has a different relationship with him even if it only the added kissing to-- to it. His hand slides behind his neck as he shakes his head in answer. "I don't-- I don't think so. You don't know how--" His voice cuts off. "How amazing it is to see you," Ethan says softly, and then through all the emotion and the confusion and the everything, he looks up at her, something like ache and a hope and just a wonderment in his gaze. "Do we... kiss often in your world?"
But God, it is... amazing to see her again, and he reaches his hand out once more to rest it against her shoulder as if assuring himself she is real.
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It's amazing and hard to wrap his head around. There's this ache spreading through his chest, and his eyes are burning still.
He sees the confusion as it crosses her face, but then it is followed by understanding too. They both know so much about Rifts, about different worlds that they've heard about situations like this before, but it is still strange to think this is an Elena who knows him but has-- obviously has a different relationship with him even if it only the added kissing to-- to it. His hand slides behind his neck as he shakes his head in answer. "I don't-- I don't think so. You don't know how--" His voice cuts off. "How amazing it is to see you," Ethan says softly, and then through all the emotion and the confusion and the everything, he looks up at her, something like ache and a hope and just a wonderment in his gaze. "Do we... kiss often in your world?"
But God, it is... amazing to see her again, and he reaches his hand out once more to rest it against her shoulder as if assuring himself she is real.