[ This is nice. It really is. Can they go to fancy hotels every day and fancy dances every night? And just kind of hold each other like this?
Normally he eschews this sort of sentimentality, but damn it, this is (he belatedly realizes) possibly the happiest he's ever been. If he could hear Raikov's thoughts, he'd probably completely agree, in his own roundabout way. But as it is, he just looks him in the eyes, mouth quirking into what might be a genuine smile. ]
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Normally he eschews this sort of sentimentality, but damn it, this is (he belatedly realizes) possibly the happiest he's ever been. If he could hear Raikov's thoughts, he'd probably completely agree, in his own roundabout way. But as it is, he just looks him in the eyes, mouth quirking into what might be a genuine smile. ]
Ivan.