Oh, how he struggles against another eye roll when she gets huffy about his poor word choice. "I mean tying you down in terms of putting some kind of obligation on your shoulders, real or implied, to be my emotional and psychological partner. You're too young for anything like that, princess."
With a dark look, he says, "Yes, if you got married, I'd freak out, because I am your father. And moreover, whomever you married would create a wedge between the two of us. Delilah, however, is not creating a wedge. If anything, she's bringing us closer. How much more time have we spent together since she's come into our lives? How has our relationship changed? How, in the past few months, have we grown so deeply intimate? That's why this is different, Salome, because nothing is coming between us in this."
He's sort of expecting her to hit him, actually, but when she hits the wall instead he growls, saying, "You're going to break your knuckles don't do that." With another sigh, he reaches out to try and take her hand, to see the mark and kiss it. "There must be something I can do, princess. I've already told you that this isn't going to change anything between us, and I've sworn to you that we'll never have children, but there most be something more I have to say or do to make you believe me. Come now," he gives her the puppydog look, and a genuine one, to boot.
"What I want is for all of us to be a happy family together, but I can hardly do that without its most important member wanting a part."
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Date: 2013-01-08 03:25 pm (UTC)With a dark look, he says, "Yes, if you got married, I'd freak out, because I am your father. And moreover, whomever you married would create a wedge between the two of us. Delilah, however, is not creating a wedge. If anything, she's bringing us closer. How much more time have we spent together since she's come into our lives? How has our relationship changed? How, in the past few months, have we grown so deeply intimate? That's why this is different, Salome, because nothing is coming between us in this."
He's sort of expecting her to hit him, actually, but when she hits the wall instead he growls, saying, "You're going to break your knuckles don't do that." With another sigh, he reaches out to try and take her hand, to see the mark and kiss it. "There must be something I can do, princess. I've already told you that this isn't going to change anything between us, and I've sworn to you that we'll never have children, but there most be something more I have to say or do to make you believe me. Come now," he gives her the puppydog look, and a genuine one, to boot.
"What I want is for all of us to be a happy family together, but I can hardly do that without its most important member wanting a part."