[She nods. It wouldn't be like with Peeta. It wouldn't be a warm body to hold her in the night as she cries. She hadn't lied to Zevran earlier in the day when she had said she wanted that. That she was selfish enough to want someone to love her in that same romantic sort of way Peeta did. Without, that is, the cost of loving him back.
But to know that she wouldn't be alone in the house, that there was someone aside from her and Buttercup occupying the dark space.]
You're right. [And then, quickly, she wraps her arms around him in a tight hug.] Thank you.
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But to know that she wouldn't be alone in the house, that there was someone aside from her and Buttercup occupying the dark space.]
You're right. [And then, quickly, she wraps her arms around him in a tight hug.] Thank you.