“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” he rasps, his eyes fixed on mine. “When you descended that Federation ship all those weeks ago, you already held me in the palm of your hand. I knew as soon as I laid eyes on you that you were the one for me. And every day, every second since then, your power over me has grown.” His voice is thick with emotion, and I can’t bring myself to cover up. To even move. “The more I learned about you, on our long walks where you poured your heart out to me, or when you showed me how brave and fierce and loyal you were on our mission to
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