There to Heal // Nortvera/Veranort // Identity V

Vera let her head fall onto his left shoulder, inching her body closer to his.
"You make me so nervous, you know that?" Even with all it's concern, her sentence made Norton smile and she smiled too. Norton knew very well that she loved him so much. Enough to worry about his recklessness, and spend hours pacing around during his matches afraid that he would not come out alright.

The gentle touch of Vera's hand rubbing comforting circles into the calloused hands of Nortons made his stomach flutter. "I know I do. Sometimes I feel like I worry you too much," his dark eyes moved from their intertwined hands up to her eyes. "I mean there are days when I don't even know if I'll get out. But I couldn't imagine not seeing your beautiful face after almost dying."