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Of course, he knew that she would feel bad about this. Leave it to him to care about how she felt about this rather than how she had made him feel. She didn't deserve it. The admittance of her planned leaving filled her with guilt and she nodded. "I was supposed to open this office get it off the ground and move on. Go back to New York or find somewhere else to open another." The guilt quickly dissipated with his next comment, earning him a small smile and an eye roll. "Yeah, you thwarted them. In the best way possibly imaginable though."

She didn't know when it happened or why but could tell all the emotions and thoughts going through his head. The worry, the possibilities, the resignation to let it go. Her hand came up and cupped his cheek and brought his forehead against hers, nuzzling her nose against his she quietly said. "It's okay. I'm okay."

A small contended sigh of pleasure involuntary came from her as she felt the familiar feeling of his fingers in her hair. Something simple that made her feel safe, and cared for. Looking at their hands, a small chuckle at the sight of them tangled together like that. How many times since that night at the lighthouse had they held hands without her thinking twice about it? How many times had his hands touched her and not caused her to recoil? The thought of his fingertips tracing her scar ran through her mind. An action that if anyone else had done would cause her to anger, fight, but from his warm hands, felt oddly healing. The red bracelet on her wrist making her smile as her fingers continued to trace her line on his palm, every crease on every finger, trying to memorize every part of them. Another piece that made up the man that she had come to love.

Hazel eyes looked up at him through eyelashes, taking in the sight of him as he spoke. "Okay," she agreed to letting him know if a boundary or something that made her uncomfortable came up. His words only solidified her faith bout this, about them about finally taking a chance. As he kissed her again, she couldn't help but giggle against his lips at his pointing out this being a real date. "Then you got yourself a date, Wallaby."

Pulling back from him was a harder thing than she thought it could be. There was nothing more she wanted than to just continue to sit there with him. Just the two of them. "I think I have some snacks in the kitchen that I can bribe Antares out of hiding with." Slowly standing up to not agitate her side, she couldn't help but ask. "Where would be going on this date? Should I change?"

Quickly waving it off he shook his head. "Now that I know the real reason, I understand. I am not ever going to be mad at you for needing time to figure things out on your own. The no contact was hard but it makes sense. I want you to also do me a favor and not feel bad about this, okay?" The next thing that came out of her mouth made him still his movements. "You really were going to leave?" All the other times before were coming together, there were moments he didn't think twice about when she'd either look pensive or she'd brush a comment off that now if he connected it, would make sense as to why she'd pass over it. Still, him asking now gave her a chance to honestly tell him if that was always the plan. "That was always the end goal, wasn't it?" He didn't know for sure but that clicked in his mind. A small smile came over his features. "It's totally my fault," he remarked teasing lacing his tone. "I thwarted your plans. I am pretty good with that." If Antares was about to have kittens, he knew he was going to have to get Andy to build a bigger nest. They'd cross that bridge when they got to it.

He didn't love that this seemed to be more than just a little story but nevertheless, he respected her wishes and let it go for now. His fingertips ghosted over her side and after a second he dropped it back to his lap. Nodding his head saying fine, it was left at that. If he was deeply impatient he'd take the shortcut and ask Diana. But doing so would look bad if he went behind her back. His thoughts were pretty clear on his face and then pulled himself out of those and focused on the fact that she was here and his heart felt like it had come back into its place.

The distraction of her wide smile pulled him into the now. "Your first instincts were right. Shouldn't have trusted me." He teased knowing those were the first impressions he always made when people first met him. A small callback to their beginnings. "Told you my dimpled smile would get me out of trouble." For what it was worth the way he saw a different side to her, how the smallest of changes seemed to be charged with big leaps, the cheek kiss was proof she had it in her. He was enjoying watching these different, albeit baby steps into uncharted waters for the both of them.

As she scooted closer and with her head on his shoulder, his free hand went up to run his fingers through her hair. It was an immediate response, like breathing in air. Wally had a tender side to him, that in this case was in full effect. He let her play with his hand as much as she wanted to and extended his fingers out so she could squeeze hers in between. Like they were intertwined starfishes. For anyone else, the quiet that surrounded them would have been a red flag, some type of look into what could lay ahead. But in their case, he knew how she worked. Sometimes with her tells which he came to learn the more he got to know her, it was easy to decipher whether she was overthinking, tired or distracted by past thoughts of whatever got pulled into the forefront. Times like these he learned to be patient with her quiet. He came from loud atmospheres, people chattering over each other to get a point across that the quiet should have deterred him. Instead, it made him give her an extra grace of patience.

"Okay," he let out a soft gush of air, thinking this would be something they'd learn together. "That is okay. I think the more we get into it, the more we will learn about each other. We could be one of those cheesy couples and do those relationship quizzes for fun. I also want you to know if I ever overstep or cross a line that you don't feel comfortable with, whatever it is. It can be something small and simple or big, just tell me. Because this is all so new and scary, I don't want you to lose yourself or think you don't have a voice or choices." Wally smiled hoping what he was trying to convey came through or made sense. He wasn't going to be one of those guys who'd dim her light over some whack power trip. Not that he was ever like that he just wanted to make sure that she knew that as they navigated new waters together.

He softly thumbed his finger across her chin as he pulled away a little bit to look at her. Giving her a moment to really look at him and smiled softly. "There's not many things I can promise you but this I can. You're going to be okay, we're going to be okay. Do you know why? There's a solid foundation here, aside from the relationship aspect, we have got friendship. I don't think we've ever had trouble telling the other the honest truth. Fear being one of the main emotions here makes it clear that you care as much as I do to make us work. Life is full of fuck ups but what counts is how we get back up." His words were running away from him he knew that. Chuckling he shook his head, "You make me nervous enough to make me a fumbling fool. What I want to say is being scared, somewhat terrified is a good thing. It makes us more aware of how to approach a situation and how to handle it without lashing out. I promise you I will always be honest with you, even need be, brutally so if the need should arise. We share the same fear there, I don't want to do anything to make you regret taking a chance on me - us." The action of the kiss caught him off guard momentarily, it was the first time she initiated contact and whatever else he was going to say went out the window. His hand cupped her jaw and kissed her back, noses brushing against each making him chuckle softly under his breath. He spoke against her lips as his smile widened, "Yeah? Sorry to say it is an actual date," his facetious nature peeking through as the running gag was that she never saw their outings as mini dates. "Then we better get Antares to that vet and confirm or dispel our suspicious so I can take you out on a proper date. I know just the place."