It isn't something Max is going to push. His shrug is entirely noncommittal as he bobs his head to her and moves back to his seat beside his brother.
It isn't unexpected. In fact, Edgar isn't at all certain what else there could have been between them. It's amazing she's here at all.
And it's impossible not, now and then, to glance over at her. It's impossible not to spend small moments studying the angles of her features. It's impossible not to keep letting the sight of her cut deeply into his heart.
He'll do his best to hold back from even approaching Arik first when the winner is declared. It's the boy's mother's right to be first, after all.
Difficult to hold back from, but very much his place only to hold back.
I'm sure he'll be back B|
It isn't unexpected. In fact, Edgar isn't at all certain what else there could have been between them. It's amazing she's here at all.
And it's impossible not, now and then, to glance over at her. It's impossible not to spend small moments studying the angles of her features. It's impossible not to keep letting the sight of her cut deeply into his heart.
He'll do his best to hold back from even approaching Arik first when the winner is declared. It's the boy's mother's right to be first, after all.
Difficult to hold back from, but very much his place only to hold back.