Truthfully, Bruce had been trying to answer that question as honestly as he could for himself ever since the morning after it had happened. He'd watched Kenzi, he'd tested the way she moved him, the things he felt above and beyond the fact that she was, to be quite frank, incredibly attractive.
She was exceptionally gregarious. She was cunning, far smarter than she pretended to be...she was strong and she was creative, and she had a very special sort of loyalty that kept her always within arm's reach. She wasn't just there when he transformed after he got his powers back, she had the foresight to bring a change of clothes when she trusted herself to the Other Guy's care. She stayed with him, even after what had happened...
Even now, she was opening herself up in ways he could feel were unnatural for her. She was doing it, though...for him.
"I think...you came out of nowhere, Kenzi." he replied honestly, arriving at the same answer he'd come to every time he sat down and really thought about it. "I think you were there, nearly from day one during my time here, and you snuck up on me." He paused, looking down at his hands as they wrung together, fidgeting restlessly. "I think I have a very short list of people in my life that I...that I can't run from, can't exist without, and you somehow made it on there without my knowing. And...I think I don't know what that means yet, but I owe it to myself to find out. I can't ask you for any promises or commitments, because frankly I can't offer you even physical companionship in return...all I have to offer is me. If you want it...if you want to figure this out with me."
He gestured between them with a slightly helpless shrug. "What...this is."
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Date: 2014-07-22 05:35 pm (UTC)She was exceptionally gregarious. She was cunning, far smarter than she pretended to be...she was strong and she was creative, and she had a very special sort of loyalty that kept her always within arm's reach. She wasn't just there when he transformed after he got his powers back, she had the foresight to bring a change of clothes when she trusted herself to the Other Guy's care. She stayed with him, even after what had happened...
Even now, she was opening herself up in ways he could feel were unnatural for her. She was doing it, though...for him.
"I think...you came out of nowhere, Kenzi." he replied honestly, arriving at the same answer he'd come to every time he sat down and really thought about it. "I think you were there, nearly from day one during my time here, and you snuck up on me." He paused, looking down at his hands as they wrung together, fidgeting restlessly. "I think I have a very short list of people in my life that I...that I can't run from, can't exist without, and you somehow made it on there without my knowing. And...I think I don't know what that means yet, but I owe it to myself to find out. I can't ask you for any promises or commitments, because frankly I can't offer you even physical companionship in return...all I have to offer is me. If you want it...if you want to figure this out with me."
He gestured between them with a slightly helpless shrug. "What...this is."