She leans into the press of his forehead, expression nervous but full of love all the same. "Then here is where I belong," she reiterates after leaning in for another kiss. "I'll take no other place." Not anymore. Not permanently. With Thor is where her heart longs to be, and Asvera has become her home. There's nowhere else she will ever truly desire to be again.
He's trying to reassure her, and while the attempt is appreciated, she can't help the small laugh that tumbles out of her. "Your mother was still immortal. I have far greater obstacles to overcome with those advisors and people who will look for reasons not to accept someone not of Asgard." The reasonable part of her knows that there's very little reason for most of those same people to care about her mortality after all she's done and still does to build Asvera up, but the worry still remains that those few will be so vocal that others begin to doubt, too. Something to speak to her therapist about when she next returns to the Nexus.
Taking a breath, she firms her grip on his hand where it's still entwined with hers. "I won't give up. I may flinch at times, but this is where I want to be. If the whole of Asvera says no, I'll still remain at your side without being your wife, but if opposition comes only from a few, I won't back down. All that remains is to figure out my place, and then to try."
It's a terrifying leap, one that requires far more faith in herself than she's ever truly granted herself. But for him... dreams, to be with him and to love him in the way her heart craves that she never thought possible until it suddenly was, she will fight herself to make it happen.
Starting right now, because the first step is the hardest and she doesn't want to put it off any longer now that the topic has been broached.
"So. Now that I've made my intentions clear, what do we need to discuss first?"
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He's trying to reassure her, and while the attempt is appreciated, she can't help the small laugh that tumbles out of her. "Your mother was still immortal. I have far greater obstacles to overcome with those advisors and people who will look for reasons not to accept someone not of Asgard." The reasonable part of her knows that there's very little reason for most of those same people to care about her mortality after all she's done and still does to build Asvera up, but the worry still remains that those few will be so vocal that others begin to doubt, too. Something to speak to her therapist about when she next returns to the Nexus.
Taking a breath, she firms her grip on his hand where it's still entwined with hers. "I won't give up. I may flinch at times, but this is where I want to be. If the whole of Asvera says no, I'll still remain at your side without being your wife, but if opposition comes only from a few, I won't back down. All that remains is to figure out my place, and then to try."
It's a terrifying leap, one that requires far more faith in herself than she's ever truly granted herself. But for him... dreams, to be with him and to love him in the way her heart craves that she never thought possible until it suddenly was, she will fight herself to make it happen.
Starting right now, because the first step is the hardest and she doesn't want to put it off any longer now that the topic has been broached.
"So. Now that I've made my intentions clear, what do we need to discuss first?"