Of all the things she had been expecting him to say and do, they were admittedly an enormous departure from the reality of what was actually happening at that point in time.
Confusion clouding her eyes, Cecilia allowed her gaze to be drawn back up to him reluctantly, and she was stunned by the... what were these emotions he was projecting? Understanding, gentleness? Her mind was spinning in that moment, and the sincerity in his words and soft touch were enough to stun her where she stood. Had she wanted to look away again, it was likely that such an effort would have been wasted. Whatever the words were for how Cael was acting, it was certainly nothing that she had been trained to expect out of a man.
She opened her mouth to speak, before realizing that she knew even less what to say now than she had just seconds ago. Even so, staring up at him, Cecilia knew that the answer was painfully simple. What could she do, about this? This was not supposed to happen.
"I, ah--" Mentally cringing and yet entirely pleased with herself at the same time, she took a deep breath before reaching up to lay her hand over his. "You should... stay."
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