[ The slight narrow of his eyes against the wind and the way it ruffles fingers through his hair, the attentiveness in his gaze that she marks even in profile at a distance because she knows it is there, the lines and shapes he makes against the water and sky: Alexandrie is watching Loki watch the water.
It makes her... tentative. Unsure, in a way that rustles nervous wings in her chest. Not wanting to be too near, not wanting to be far, not sure yet if she is succeeding in making separation in herself between the man looking at the boats and the one she leaves a candle in the window for. Not sure what she wants of him, not sure if she should have it; she had spoken to Byerly as if she did not know if this Loki would care for her, she had spoken to Byerly as if their loving one another had been inevitable.
She struggles in this way. In others. But she is quiet to watch him watch the water. And then she breathes, adjusts her courage around her shoulders like a shawl, and moves to stand beside him. Look up. Smile. ]
back at the docks~
And she is trying not to behave as if he belongs to her. The amount of work there is to do means she cannot sit with him all hours of the day, and when she makes herself take half a day his mandated stay on the island means she cannot tempt him to go to the theatre or the market or a café in Hightown with a view of the sea.
It makes her... tentative. Unsure, in a way that rustles nervous wings in her chest. Not wanting to be too near, not wanting to be far, not sure yet if she is succeeding in making separation in herself between the man looking at the boats and the one she leaves a candle in the window for. Not sure what she wants of him, not sure if she should have it; she had spoken to Byerly as if she did not know if this Loki would care for her, she had spoken to Byerly as if their loving one another had been inevitable.
She struggles in this way. In others. But she is quiet to watch him watch the water. And then she breathes, adjusts her courage around her shoulders like a shawl, and moves to stand beside him. Look up. Smile. ]
How was your meeting?