Quality Time {Anna}

[Henry Blackburn]

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It was crazy to think that in about a month's time from now, Henry would be graduating high school. The past four years had gone by so fast, and he could hardly believe he was so close to being in college. He was excited, too, to get to this next part of his life, meet new people, figure out where his life was going and all those things. The only downside to all this was the people he would be leaving behind by moving back to Texas for University - namely Anna. When he'd started out his senior year of high school, the last thing he'd expected was to have found someone he would hate the thought of parting from, but it had happened. It'd now been about eight month snce he and Anna had gone on their first date, and he had a hard time processing how their relationship had evolved in the meantime only to lead to an imminent separation. He figured in a way, they didn't have it quite as bad as some others, like Shane and Beatrice who would have to deal with a long, long distance relationship, whereas he would be able to visit Anna quite frequently by driving up to Kansas City - which wasn't a short drive per say, but doable - maybe once a month or so, and then flying now and again as well.

He'd been doing his best to spend as much time with her as possible with the knowledge that they'd have to deal with being apart for the next couple of years, so long as their relationship kept going strong, but with the end of the year coming, projects being due and finals being underway, it wasn't quite as easy to do as it was to say or plan. Some sacrifices had to be made, but some were worth it - today, for example, a Saturday, he'd just spent about the entire day working on one of his big end of the year projects so that he could spend the whole evening, and tomorrow, with her. He'd thought at first about planning some big evening with dinner out and such, but in the end, he'd decided he just wanted to spend some quality, quiet alone time with her. Well, maybe not quiet per say, but not being disturbed by other people. He'd made sure his roommate, especially, wouldn't bother them, and he'd gotten some takeout for them to enjoy in the comfort of his own room, texting her as soon as the food had arrived - though he wasn't sure even food would be their first priority at this point, but he didn't want hunger to ruin the evening either.

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[Anna Robertson]

Anna hummed to herself as she hurriedly made her way over toward Henry's room. After spending the past eight months being his girlfriend, she was dreading the moment when they'd have to part for him to go to college in Texas. It just royally sucked. Not as much as it sucked to be Trissy with her boyfriend moving back to Canada, but it sucked nonetheless. She'd grown really close to Henry and she loved spending time with him, loved kissing him, loved talking to him. Hell, she was pretty sure that she loved him, period. Not that she'd shared that particular information yet, but oh well. Today was a day where the two of them were just going to get to spend time alone together with no distractions. No roommates, no homework, no worries about being in a long distance relationship. Nothing, just her and her perfectly awesome boyfriend. So what if she'd had to spend the start of her day doing homework and powering through it to be able to get this time? It was better than not spending time with him at all or having to spend lame amounts of time together.

Reaching the boy's dorm building, she easily made her way inside even though 'girls weren't allowed' like please, that was just a joke at this point. No one respected those rules... well, okay, goody-two shoes did and those who didn't need to sneak into the dorms of the opposite sex just because they were doing someone who shared their dorm building. Either way, she quickly made her way to Henry's dorm room, having spent more than enough time there in the past few months. Not even bothering to knock because he'd invited her and she knew his roommate was out. Instead, just swinging open the door and smiling as she saw Henry waiting for me. "Hiya handsome," she greeted, shutting the door behind her and making her way over to him to press her lips against his own in a deep kiss. Which, admittedly, required her to stand up on her toes for a moment. Pulling away after a minute or so. "So I see there is actually food," she teased, glancing at the take out containers which actually smelled quite good. "I thought you were just saying that to get me over here sooner."

[Henry Blackburn]

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Henry couldn't say he'd never been a relationship kind of guy per say - he'd dated girls before, quite a few if he was honest, but it they weren't normally long lasting relationships. Maybe once or twice it'd gone past the two months mark, but generally it was pretty short lived, and then he moved on rather easily. No one had ever made him feel the need to get as emotionally invested as he had with Anna, and no one had ever kept his interest alive for so long - and going strong, still. This girl was anything but predictable, and she always made him wonder how it'd taken him a whole year to notice her. After all, it wasn't like she didn't stand out exactly, and she didn't make any efforts to blend in either, which was one of the things he really appreciated about her. The fact that she was so different from the girls he usually dated had probably helped the fact that, instead of slowly losing interest in her, every day he spent with her made him want to know her better. Like there was always another aspect of her to find out about that he hadn't known of the day before.

It was hard to think of the fact that he had to go away from her and that he wouldn't get to experience those little surprises every day anymore. Sure, he'd make sure to keep in touch with her even from Texas, but it wouldn't be the same as actually being with her. Even the thought of using Skype was really less than satisfying - and it wouldn't help any in the sense of being able to touch or kiss her. And while they hadn't been putting all their focus on the physical aspect of their relationship - though, it wasn't lacking in any way either - something told him that if they spent only a couple of days together after not seeing each other for a few weeks, they would spend a lot of that time without any clothes on. As it was, that was pretty much part of the evening for tonight, but he was fairly sure she would be more than happy with that. He was trying to set up things a little when he heard the door open, grinning slightly as she greeted him before closing the door and making her way toward him to press a deep kiss to his lips. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into him and returning it just as deeply until she pulled away, raising an eyebrow slightly at her next comment. "Yes, there is actually food," he told her with a light chuckle. "If I'd wanted to get you over here sooner, I would have told you I'd be waiting for you without any clothes on," he added teasingly.

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[Anna Robertson]

This year had flown by much faster than Anna had expected it to. The fact that they were closing in on the end and Henry would be off to Texas totally sucked. She wished that they could have met the year prior, not that she thought he would have changed his schooling plans but just because then they could have had more time together instead of jumping into a long distance relationship but apparently things happened for a reason. Tonight though, she was going to try and push all thoughts of him leaving out of her head. Instead, she'd focus on the fact that her boyfriend was still here and they still enough time to have a good time with one another. Which they always did, too. There was always a good time to be had with Henry... sometimes were a little more great than others but that was life. They got along well enough that they hadn't even had a major fight to date and she didn't think that they'd ever really get into a big blow out either. The most they had to go with was little arguments and hopefully it would stay that way.

Like tonight, if there was some weird random issue that came up, she'd likely push it aside. With good reason too, since this was their time. Seeing him grin at her, she couldn't help the way her heart still got all funny when that happened. It wasn't her fault that he still was like the definition of perfection. Honestly, she would never get over that. Glad to feel his arms wrapping around her waist and the deep kiss that he was returning. Smirking slightly as he commented that it'd have been faster to get her over there if he'd baited her with himself being naked, which was true. She reached up and unbuttoned the first couple of buttons of his shirt, rubbing her nose against his chest and kissing it. "Well then why didn't you do that?" she asked tauntingly. "Cause, now, I'm afraid, that food smells too good and my stomach is now waiting for it. You've set yourself up for me having take-out breath while we're kissing." It was true too and as if to prove her point, her stomach rumbled rather loudly and she looked at him pointedly. Clearly, he had unleashed the stomach beast.

[Henry Blackburn]

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Henry had to say that his relationship with Anna had evolved in a different way than what he was used to, but he couldn't say he minded. Before her, he'd mostly dated girls that were about his age, and although she wasn't too much younger, she still had two years less than he did, and when you were in the middle of your teenage years, it could make a difference. Also, the majority of his involvement with girls before the singer had started out through a physical basis, and while it hadn't taken that long to get to that part with Anna - after all, he'd started dating her around the same time as Shane and Beatrice had gotten together, and from his understanding, the other guy still wasn't getting any to that level - it'd still been a bit longer than usual. Boy had the wait been worth it, though. He had to admit to it, he was pretty much addicted to her. Her body was simply incredible, regardless of if it was clothed or not, but he did have a slight preference toward nudity when it came to his girlfriend. What could he say? He'd always been appreciative when it came to beauty, and she was definitely the most beautiful girl he had been with.

Anna also happened to be one of the most enthousiastic girls he'd ever been with, and that definitely translated into their physical relationship, making it completely different than anything he'd experienced before. For one thing, she definitely wasn't shy about going for what she wanted, whereas he was more used to taking the lead, and watching her be in control was one of the hottest - no, not one of, the hottest - thing he'd witnessed in his life. He raised an eyebrow slightly as she gave a light smirk and started unbuttonning the first couple of buttons on his shirt, pressing a kiss to the top of her head as she rubbed her nose against his chest, his hands gripping a bit tighter onto her waist than necessary. "See, I knew your stomach would act up regardless of when I got food ready though," he spoke a bit teasingly, kissing the tip of her nose. "And I prefer filling it now and not have to worry about it later, when it might start grumbling at a much more inconvenient time," he added with a light chuckle, leading the way to where he'd set the take out boxes so they could get food out of the way.

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[Anna Robertson]

One of the things that Anna loved best about her relationship with Henry was the fact that it was never too serious. They teased each other constantly, taunted one another, laughed frequently and just had tons of fun together. And even though she'd fallen in love with him somewhere along the line, she really hadn't started acting any different after that. True, sometimes she heard people talk about things like making love and there was an added appeal to the idea now, but she was still more than happy with the way that her physical relationship was going. Then again, how could she not when everything with Henry was super amazing? The way that they touched and kissed, it sent sparks through her every time. True, sometimes the sparks were a bit duller now, but it still happened. Especially when he went ahead and gave the the needy, deep kisses that pretty much would knock the socks off of anyone. Especially given that they were with like the perfect guy. She'd heard the people who described their lovers as sex gods and she had to say that Henry totally fit in that category.

Feeling him press a kiss to her head while she rubbed her nose against his chest, she knew that the message was getting through loud and clear from the way his fingers were gripping tightly to her waist. Gasping in mock offense as he said her stomach would act up either way. "I resent the idea that my stomach is a trouble maker," she said, sticking her tongue out at him while he led the way to the food. "It can behave just as well as I can," she informed him, grabbing a fork and getting some food. Happy to quickly silence her stomach, she pretty much dug in. Henry was used to her eating habits by now so she wasn't bothered by the fact that she tended to be a little bit of a speed eater, especially when she was super hungry like she was now. And then... it didn't hurt that the sooner food was out of the way, the sooner that the two of them could focus on something that was a bit more private. Not that she minded chatting with him over the food, but she did want to at least have some sort of physical contact while she was here.

[Henry Blackburn]

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If it wasn't for Anna, Henry knew he wouldn't really regret leaving Kansas City once graduation day came. It was a nice place to be in, but it'd never been his goal to live here for the rest of his life, and even in Freshman year he'd made friends with the mentality that he may not be able to see them as much, or keep touch with all of them really, once he was done with high school. Sure, not being able to hang out with Shane whenever he wanted to would suck, but he'd keep in touch with the other guy through the internet for sure, and same went for Tanner and his other friends who would stick around Kansas City, move back to their own hometown or even move over to completely random and new places. Like Cassidy, whom he'd heard was moving to Florida or something like that, although she was from Colorado - and he was pretty sure it wasn't because they were moving back to where her fiance was from, because although Henry knew nothing of the older guy aside from the fact that he'd almost gotten himself in a lot of trouble for a girl, he did know that Cassidy had him wrapped around her little finger and was surely in charge of where they were headed.

Anna was a completely different story though, but he'd already accepted the fact that he would have to deal with at least two years of long distance, and if they were meant to stay together past that, then they would make it through. He didn't want to think about that tonight though, instead focusing on the food they had to eat before they got to do some slightly more interesting activities and grinning lightly as she gave a gasp, shaking his head a bit while she went on to say she resented the implication of her stomach being a trouble maker. "Then I guess I shouldn't remind you of our third date," he said innocently, sitting on his bed and grabbing some food after she did, opening the container and digging in. If he hadn't known Anna better, he would think she was rushing through to get to the next activity for the evening, but he knew she tended to be a bit of a speed eater and so he didn't make any comments, merely contenting himself with chatting her up as he took care of his own food. He was glad that she seemed to be in the same mindset he was of not mentioning their imminent separation - though he would surely try and see her this summer - as they got through their meal fairly quickly.

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[Anna Robertson]

Just like with everything else in her life, Anna had a pretty simple mentality about food. That mentality being that if it made her happy to eat it, she should eat it. Who cared about counting calories or not eating too many sweets? She was young, she had a fast metabolism still and she was happy. What else was there that mattered? If she wanted to chow down take out at the speed of light, that was her deal. If anything, she knew that she should probably gain a couple of pounds. Not that Henry ever complained about how she looked, but she was pretty sure that he'd be happy to have her put on a little more weight. He'd commented once on how she almost seemed breakable in some ways and the last thing that she wanted was for him to treat her like some doll that might break whenever he got rough with her. Not that it really stopped him right now, but she was sure that if for some reason she started to lose some weight, he'd be pretty quick to tell her that she should put it back on and probably even go ahead and treat her the way she was hoping not to be.

The point was, chowing down take out was good for her and she was pretty starving so the speed was no big deal at all. Gasping as he made the comment about their third date. "Hey! You promised never to mention that again!" she exclaimed, reaching over and poking him in the chest. "It was an agreement not to talk about the third date." Mostly she was kidding, it wasn't that terrible, though it had been sort of embarrassing. Oh well, such was life. She went through the rest of her meal fairly quickly, with the two of them chatting and joking around from time to time but never mentioning the fact that graduation day was growing far too close for comfort and as would their separation. Once she was all finished, she put the take out box in the trash, waiting for him to get rid of his own box before she took her place in his lap, straddling him and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Now, what were we supposed to be doing?" she asked tauntingly, brushing her lips against his own as she spoke. "I mean, is there anything besides food planned?"

[Henry Blackburn]

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One of the things about Anna that was most attractive to Henry was her attitude about life - that was a first for him in a relationship, really. Not that he'd never thought his ex girlfriends or flings to be interesting per say, but he'd always had a bit more of a strong attraction toward their looks than their personalities, if just by a little. And while he really couldn't deny that his girlfriend was a gorgeous girl, and he loved getting to see more of her, there was just something about the way she was as a person that had him completely and fully hooked to her. He'd made fun of Shane some for how clearly into Beatrice he was, and how sometimes he acted like a school boy in love, but really... he wasn't exactly at a very different place in his mind than he other guy was. He'd never really thought of high school as a place to really fall in love with someone, and he'd almost been proven right, too. Then Anna had come along, and senior year had taken a completely new and different turn - a good one, that he couldn't deny, however unexpected. It only sucked that it had to happen the year he was graduating and leaving.

He couldn't help but chuckle a bit as she responded to his comment about their third date, shaking his head a bit as she poked him in the chest. "I never made such an agreement," he told her with a light grin, unable to keep himself from looking at her throughout the rest of their meal. Not that he had a particular thing with watching girls eat, but whenever Anna was in a room with him, it was inevitable, his eyes were automatically drawn to her, no matter what she was doing. He followed her lead and threw away his take out box once he was done eating his own meal, definitely appreciative as she took it as the right moment to move herself into his lap, wrapping his arms around her waist a bit loosely, his nose rubbing against hers lightly as she spoke, allowing her lips to brush against his own as she did so. "I did have some pretty good ideas as to how the rest of the evening might go," he began, keeping the same closeness as he spoke, though unable to resist the urge to press his lips to hers in a light kiss. "Seeing you without clothes did so happen to be at the top of my list," he admitted with a crooked smile, his hand slowly moving along her side, hitching up her shirt ever so slightly.

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[Anna Robertson]

So, Anna had a pretty good idea where this evening was going to end up leading. After all, since she'd started having sex with Henry, it'd quickly become a favorite activity between the two of them and sure, the first few times hadn't been the best. Not because of him, but because it was her first times having sex and it was just kind of uncomfortable and painful. Henry had been great to her though and always made sure she had a good time and now that that time had passed, they both could definitely enjoy themselves without restraint. Since they could and it felt so good, she had no problems with frequently losing her clothes with her boyfriend. After all, it wasn't like that was all they did all the time and she trusted that she wasn't liked only for her body, just as she knew that she didn't like him just because he was super hot and super good at making her feel things she hadn't even known were possible to feel. As long as that was the case, she figured that they were able to do as they wanted when it came to getting physical.

"Did so," she argued back with him. Setting a course for some of the chatter during the meal when it was being eaten. She was never one to let a subject drop where she was correct and the other person wasn't. Not that it mattered in this case, it was just fun. Smiling sightly as he wrapped his arms around her loosely and rubbed his nose against her own. "Oh, do you?" she asked as he spoke. Returning the light and brief kiss that he gave before going on to say that seeing her without clothes on did happen to be at the top of his list. The crooked smile that he gave making her heart practically skip a beat. Did he have to be so perfect all the time? Couldn't he be more considerate of her? "Well..." she said, pausing in mock thoughtfulness as he hitched her shirt up slightly. "I guess that could be a good use of time," she taunted. Her own hands moving to pull of his shirt and run along his perfect chest. Honestly, it was like the guy was just sent from her dreams of a perfect man and plopped down in front of her. Good thing they were together or it'd be totally unfair.

[Henry Blackburn]

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Henry wasn't exactly worried that Anna would be against his plan for the evening - after all, she had pretty much agreed to the fact that telling her he would be waiting for her without any clothes on would have made her get here a lot faster. Granted, he couldn't deny that that would surely be the faster and simplest way to get him over to her own dorm room as well, and she'd used that tactic before, but he didn't see anything wrong with it. They both had some pretty rocking bodies, so it made sense that they appreciated the sight of the other when it was unclothed. It wasn't like they were the only couple out there was had a lot of physical attraction for one another - actually, he was pretty sure that a lot of time, physical attraction fueled people's interest toward one another. After all, if Shane hadn't been attracted to Beatrice, he maybe wouldn't have approached her to speak to her in the first place, and there were plenty more people for whom it was the case. Hell, some of his friends had started out their relationship with a purely physical relationship before it had evolved into something more.

And it was true for himself as well - it was Anna's looks that had first attracted him to her and made him want to get to know her a bit better, but it was definitely her personality that had made him seek her out even more. And he didn't think there was anything wrong with that, either - the fact that he had been a bit on the superficial side in his decision that he wanted to speak to her. It was the human nature, and he wasn't gonna start defending himself on it - especially since he had no doubt she had had similar deciding factors in wanting to hang out with him some more that first night. He raised an eyebrow at her slightly though as she took her sweet time answering his question, even though he was pretty confident that he knew the answer she would give, rolling his eyes playfully once she finally said it could be a good use of time. "You guess?" he repeated teasingly, allowing her to get rid of his shirt before taking care of her own, his fingers trailing along the soft skin of her back and pulling her closer to him. "I think it's an awesome use to time, no guess there," he added, allowing his eyes to run along her partially bare form.

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[Anna Robertson]

Honestly, whenever Henry was shirtless in front of her, Anna kind of had the same reaction she had the first time that she'd seen him shirtless. It was just that he was like, in such good shape and it showed. Like, his muscles were so great and well defined that she just like... she could eat things off of his chest and stomach. Actually, maybe sometime she'd have to suggest that because she'd have nothing against the idea of going ahead and having to lick any part of him clean. Nor would she mind having him lick anything off of her body. Hmm, probably before the end of the year she'd have to go ahead and make a stop at the store and get some whipped cream, maybe some chocolate sauce. She knew they made flavored pens too, so maybe they could go and buy some of those with him. Find out what his stance was on edible items being incorporated in sex. However, that would definitely be a conversation for another time because she didn't want to interrupt their time now by one of them going ahead and heading over to a store to pick anything up.

Right now, she just wanted to be with him. Watching him raise an eyebrow at her while she was taking her time to give him an answer, though it didn't rush her any. Maybe he deserved to wait for a moment, after he'd went ahead and broken their agreement about the third date. Nodding seriously as he repeated the words that she guessed, though she couldn't keep the teasing smile off of her face. Moving her arms to allow him to take off her own shirt, biting down on her bottom lip lightly as his fingers trailed along her back. Pressing herself a bit closer to feel their bare skin pressed together. Laughing a little as he said that it was a pretty awesome use of time with no guessing, watching him as his eyes ran across her body. "Well I know that it's a pretty awesome use of time," she replied, sticking her tongue out a little though suddenly growing a bit more serious in a matter of only a few seconds as she moved her hands to frame his face. Figuring that now was as good a time as any to let him know how she felt. "And I know that I'm in love with you."

[Henry Blackburn]

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Henry had been admittingly a bit surprised to know that he was Anna's first. Of course, she was only a sophomore in high school, so it wasn't too far fetched to assume that she hadn't had sex as a freshman or earlier on. Regardless, it had had more to do with the fact that she'd trusted him that much with the whole of her, which had been both incredibly satisfying but also a bit nerve wrecking. After all, even though Anna didn't seem to share the same kind of mentality as some other girls about how everything just always had to be special, he still figured a first time was a pretty big step, and the last thing he'd wanted was for her to regret it. But she wasn't the kind of girl to back down - when she decided to do something, she did it without hesitation and wholeheartedly. And while their first couple of times hadn't been the most perfect on earth, because in spite of the fact that he'd been careful not to rush through things too much, she'd still ended up hurting some, but things had definitely gotten a lot better since, and the sex life he had with the singer didn't compare to anything else he'd experienced before.

Sometimes he wondered if it had to do with the fact that he did have much stronger feelings for her than he'd ever had for anyone else, or if it was the fact that they had such high levels of chemistry between the two of them. Maybe it was a bit of a mix of both, because pretty much from the moment they'd gotten past the slightly painful and uncomfortable aspect, things had gotten pretty incredible, and he hadn't felt the way he did for her now. But oh well, he wasn't gonna start dwelling on reasonings and explanations - they had great sex and that was what it came down to, grinning lightly as she finally went ahead and said she knew it was an awesome use of time, raising an eyebrow slightly at the way she stuck out her tongue at him, though noticing the shift in mood as her face suddenly grew serious. What she said next was definitely unexpected, remaining silent for a couple of seconds as he processed the new information, his hand moving up to rest against her own cheek, allowing his thumb to gently brush at her skin. "Well, aren't you just full of awesome knowledge," he told her with a light taunting smile, his fingers moving to grab onto her chin lightly. "I guess it's only fair to share what I know then," he added, pressing his lips against hers in a deep kiss, though it had a new edge to it, from the knowledge that they both felt the same way about each other, briefly pulling away. "Because I'm in love with you, too."

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[Anna Robertson]

Anna knew that she was pretty much just dropping a feelings bomb on Henry at this point. He wasn't going to be expecting her to go ahead and say anything of the sort, he was just going to be expecting the two of them to start having sex or maybe some more flirting to go on pre-sex but for that to be exactly where things were headed. Not that she wanted to change that path, she definitely still wanted to have sex with him. However, she had a feeling that with how prevalent the thought that had been in her mind lately, if she didn't tell him now, she'd end up like telling him during the sex and while she wasn't a romantic in most ways, confessing her love for him pre-orgasm or post-orgasm wasn't exactly how she wanted to do things. Besides, she was tired of not saying anything. She wanted to let him know just how she felt about him and if he didn't feel the same way, it was no big deal. It wasn't like she could force him to be in love with her, nor would she want to. It wouldn't be the end of the world if he didn't return the feeling, it'd just be what it was.

Despite that knowledge, she couldn't help but watch him after she'd gone ahead and told him how she felt. Wondering how he was going to react and hoping that he wouldn't freak out if it happened not to be a feeling that he shared. Not that Henry usually freaked out, so it wasn't too much of a concern. Waiting in silence for the couple of seconds that he seemed to just stare at her, probably processing the fact that she had just gone ahead and dropped what most people would consider serious information in a matter of seconds after joking around. Her eyes still on him as his hand moved to rest against her cheek, a small shiver going through her as his thumb brushed at her skin. Smiling back as he told her that she was full of awesome knowledge and raising an eyebrow as he made his next comment. Easily returning the deep kiss and noting the difference in it. Her heart feeling funny as he told her he was in love with her too. "Good, I'm glad. That saves us from some awkward situations," she grinned, moving one of her hands to rest on his cheek as she looked at him for a moment before pressing her lips back against his own, pushing herself closer to him.

[Henry Blackburn]

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Love was a bit of a foreign emotion for Henry. Well, not in the sad sense that he didn't know love at all, because in spite of the fact that his father had never stuck around, he'd never felt a lack of love in his life. Even though his mother had been very busy through his childhood, trying to get herself a college education so she'd be able to take care of him, he'd never felt like he was missing out on anything - which, granted, could have something to do with the fact that his great grandparents had spoiled him something fierce whenever they babysat him while his mother was in class. And even though he had missed his mother a lot while she was away, growing older had given him the understanding of why she'd done it, and he always appreciated the fact that she'd wanted a better life for the both of them without necessarily needing to rely on anybody else. As it was, she was the one who'd always encouraged his passion for photography - even though it was a present from his great grandparents that had started it all - and to this day, she was pretty much his biggest fan.

But love for a family member was very different from romantic love. That was something he was not used to in the slightest, and maybe that was why it'd taken him a bit of time to really fully acknowledge the emotion and understand it thoroughly. Then, he hadn't been quite sure when the right moment would be to share that kind of information, but he was realizing now that any moment would have been the right moment, as Anna herself had just proved. Not that he'd known it for months and held it back for that long - maybe a month or so of suspicions, and then two weeks of certainty. And knowing that she returned the feeling was actually a lot more incredible than he might as expected - and from the look on her face after he told her he shared the feeling, he could tell she felt similarly. He grinned back at her as he felt her move her hand to rest on his cheek, gladly returning the kiss she pressed to his lips and wrapping his arm a bit tighter around her waist, his free hand moving to run though her hair before reaching for the middle of her back and unhooking her bra, eager to just feel all of her pressed against all of him with nothing in between them.

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