Private Finished A date is a date, even when it isn't

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When his kiss followed hers, she was a bit surprised by the emphasis behind it. His smile that came caused her to blush a bit before he spoke. Levina was thankful for the distraction as it let her collect herself.​

She wrapped her hands around his neck and continued to listen to Broen talk about how you could think outside the box when it came to powers, but it was when he finished that caught her attention. The way he looked at her. It made her stomach flutter in a way she wasn't used to.​

"I'm far from bored, but....are you ok?"​

Levina's smile came back again but wasn't as shy as it was after the kiss. It actually slipped into a more mischievous one. Her fingers played with the hair at the back of his neck.​

"Didn't think we'd end up here after our discussion on malthusian darwinism?"
 
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"Didn't think I'd end up here with anyone, to be honest," he admitted after a moment, wrapping his arms around Levina's waist and pulling her closer so that another group could walk around them to the next exhibit. "I thought I'd just... emptily go through the motions of life until I died."

"And yet here I am, enjoying myself. Planning a send off party for the people I love so that I can move on and..." He paused, unsure of how to word what he wanted to say. That was happening a lot today, he felt. After a moment though, he had it and Broen took a slow breath before finishing the sentence.

"...and love other people."
 

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Levina happily let him pull her closer as the other guests of the museum made their way to admire more of the glass gods work. When they passed however, she didn't move back, instead choosing to keep the closeness between them.​
Broen spoke of the send off and how he ended up versus where he thought he would. Levina couldn't help but look up into his eyes as he continued. Then his last statement hit like bat to the gut.​
"That's really great hero. I'm really glad you are having a better outlook on life. You deserve it. But..."​
Now it was her turn to struggle to find the words. Levina didn't know love. At last not as she knew it. She thought she had loved the doctor. She also thought she loved Mathos. Yet here she was, having feelings and emotions she couldn't understand. A small timid chuckle broke the pause.​
"Love....."​
 

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Oh shit. He'd fucked it up. Broen backtracked a bit and put his hands onto Levina's arms, keeping contact but moving back slightly so that they weren't pressed together. "Ah sorry I- I didn't mean..."

He sighed and regrouped mentally. He didn't want to push her away, either by moving faster than she was willing to or by pulling back too much to compensate for doing the former.

"I meant more broadly - like friends, family. Stuff like that, but... it does include you. I do like you, despite how wrong you were about altruism and Malthus." He smirked, trying to say what he meant but not just come right out and drop anything too heavy on her. Not here, in public and certainly not now, when they were both clearly still figuring out what they both wanted from this.
 

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With his sudden withdrawal from her, Levina looked back up to Broen slightly worried. But when he kept contact with her she was reassured a bit. He was having as hard of a time with this as she was.​
She gave a rare, small and kind smile to him as he began to stammer over himself while trying to get his thoughts out. Levina had an idea of the struggles he was going through even if she didn't know details. A finger came up to his lips in the classic 'shh' motion.​
"It's ok Hero. I get it. More than I care to admit I do. Just...."​
She bit her lower lip as she hesitated the next part, an admission of her own weakness and fragility.​
"...be gentle with me. Think of me like this glass. Beautiful to look at and a joy to be around." A small chuckle and smile broke before she continued. "But fragile and easily broken if handled roughly."​
 

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"Rougher than the other night?" he teased, grinning softly and pulling Levina along to the next exhibit. It was a ship, held up on nearly invisible glass rods that made it look as if it was floating freely in the air. There was a rope a good distance around the ship so that no one could get too close and accidentally topple the whole thing.

As they circled the rope barrier, Broen saw an alcove ahead of them and quickly dragged Levina into it, still in the exhibit but out of the way and earshot of most people. He ran his fingers gently, almost lovingly down her cheek, tracing along her jaw and cheekbone and lips with his thumb. "Jokes aside, I won't. I won't be too rough with you, and I won't let you break. If I can see something bad coming, you best believe I'll throw my ass in front of it for you."
 

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She shouldered him for his joke and was happily pulled along again. Looking over the ship and how it appeared to be floating on air, Levina didn't even noticed being alcove, until she was pulled in closer.​

The hand trailing down her cheek made her blush. She felt vulnerable, but safe with him. Above all of that she felt weak and that made her sick to her stomach. She didn't know why she continued to open up to Broen. Opening up to anyone never ended well for her.​
"I'm not worth that Broen. I'm not worth you risking everything you are building here. I can't measure up..."​
Her voice was timid and shakey, but she still managed a smile as she looked back up at him.​
"But that's why your the Hero."​
 

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"I don't think you get to decide who I think is worth sticking my neck out for," he shot back, keeping his voice low as he gently moved the pair of them further into the alcove until Levina's back was pressed lightly against the wall.

He couldn't think too hard about the gallery right now; Broen was too caught up in the woman in front of him. He didn't think he loved her yet - not the way he'd loved Angelo or Dina. And how could he? He'd been through hell and back with the both of them. They hadn't just known about the terrible things he'd been through - they'd experienced them alongside him.

And yet there was feeling there. A feeling that Broen didn't want to pretend he didn't feel anymore. "Do you want to get out of here? I kinda just want to... I dunno. Lay on the couch. The glass is really pretty but I think I'd much rather just be alone together."
 

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Feeling the cold stone of the wall up against her back sent a chill throughout her body, causing visible goosebumps down her arms. Levina smiled up to him but was slightly timid in her look. There position he had her in made her weak in the knees for several reasons.​

"I guess...but don't say I didn't warn you."​
The way Broen looked down to her was new and comforting. She had never had anyone seemingly actually care about her. Levina constantly thought that he would get over the initial thought and fun of being with her and turn into how every other person treated her. But he still hadn't.​
"I would love to. And you don't even have to cook for me this time."​
She stood up on her tiptoes to kiss him gently, but instead of letting their lips separate after, they lingered.​
"You're the best."​
 

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"I know," Broen said with a grin when his lips finally left Levina's.

Taking her arm in his, he led the two of them through the rest of the gallery. He figured that they might as well get a glance at the other pieces on their way out, but he was admittedly a bit rushed. Broen very much wanted to just get home with her and relax - away from people and expectations and anything else.
 
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