"I'm sorry for asking that considering what we've been through and how close you're with my father... I'm just trying to hold my own nervousness. I still can't believe this is happening... My heart is filled with joy..."
Bruce smiled, he understood that feeling, too much joy might make one question things too much... Even a powerful Awakened like Sophie was no exception to that...
His hand shifted slightly beneath hers. Not pulling away. Settling.
"Don't worry, i told you before." His voice was low, deliberate without being heavy. "I'm not planning to let anything happen."
Sophie's breath caught, barely, small enough that it might not have registered at all. But her grip on his hand tightened just slightly, and the expression that moved through her eyes was something deeper than gratitude and simpler than relief. It was trust, the particular, quietly enormous weight of it, and she carried it without hiding it from him.
"I know," she said softly. "That's why I wanted this."
