[It's the smile that's the thing that drives him maddest of all. Yeah, the thought of her out there somewhere, getting herself off, watching other people going at it--that's maddening, that's awful, that's most of what keeps him looking. But when she looks at him during the day and smiles like that, it's like a jolt of that same energy--but during the day, around everyone else, and then he's just got to go to class and pretend as if it doesn't matter.
He's cleverer about it now. He knows something more of her, he knows what to listen for and where to look, and there's a whisper as he's passing by the astronomy tower--he's quieter than he was his first time out, it's not a whisper meant for him but one that he knows well, in tone and implication if not voice--and then he sees her.
It seems unreal, at first, that he'd have found any success. But there she is, and Merlin, but there's a sense of satisfaction from finding her at all, let alone what's going to come after.
He walks until he's just behind her, also hidden behind that witch, safe from the couple.]
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He's cleverer about it now. He knows something more of her, he knows what to listen for and where to look, and there's a whisper as he's passing by the astronomy tower--he's quieter than he was his first time out, it's not a whisper meant for him but one that he knows well, in tone and implication if not voice--and then he sees her.
It seems unreal, at first, that he'd have found any success. But there she is, and Merlin, but there's a sense of satisfaction from finding her at all, let alone what's going to come after.
He walks until he's just behind her, also hidden behind that witch, safe from the couple.]
Fancy meeting you here.