[Because — there's something important in that, too. That this isn't the rushed, frenzied passion of yesterday and the day before. That there is time to go slower, to do things properly. That in this new ordering of things, what needs must be done can come first. That there is no need to disrupt the natural order for the sake of seizing every moment they can, because there will be time for all of those moments and still the work that needs to be done.]
And now that all of this is finally done...
[She tips her chin up to look at him, expression soft, eyes unguarded.]
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[Because — there's something important in that, too. That this isn't the rushed, frenzied passion of yesterday and the day before. That there is time to go slower, to do things properly. That in this new ordering of things, what needs must be done can come first. That there is no need to disrupt the natural order for the sake of seizing every moment they can, because there will be time for all of those moments and still the work that needs to be done.]
And now that all of this is finally done...
[She tips her chin up to look at him, expression soft, eyes unguarded.]
...I came back. I found the letter.