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He drew to a dead stop as soon as she mentioned her feelings for him. That slight itching in the back of his mind exploded into hesitation, apprehension, worry and pain, twisting his gut painfully and choking his voice. "Arya......"
Had he not been careful enough? Probably not. He had probably let something of his feelings slip and he cursed himself for it.
Her eyes finally settling on him was her only response to her name being called. The stop was somewhat unexpected, and she almost lost her hold on his hand before tightening it a bit, closing the gap between only enough it hold it comfortably. She had heard the pain in his voice, and immediately regretted saying anything at all. She knew it might bring him some, talking about this, but it still hurt to hear it, made her wish she'd just kept quiet.