"And they shall learn to love you, I'm certain, as much as their grandmothers did," she laughs, and then it fades, for all she's still smiling, as her eyes close again.
"Just stay here a little while longer. And--and then I think I need a few moments alone before I go home. But for now, just a little bit longer?" Because it does smell different, and not very good, really, and there's noise and crowds and it's London--and that's really it. It's London, and it was home, and right now, she thinks a few more minutes in it with his shoulder under her head are all she wants.
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Date: 2006-07-15 06:42 am (UTC)"Just stay here a little while longer. And--and then I think I need a few moments alone before I go home. But for now, just a little bit longer?" Because it does smell different, and not very good, really, and there's noise and crowds and it's London--and that's really it. It's London, and it was home, and right now, she thinks a few more minutes in it with his shoulder under her head are all she wants.