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darkness had fallen around them, but that was no reason for gerold to fall asleep.     he could not sleep.     or, maybe he COULD.     but that would mean missing even a second of johanna’s sleeping form beside him in the makeshift bed.     it would not last, he knew   (     yet kept that thought firmly pushed to the back of his mind   )     so he would enjoy it while he could.     just one more minute.

her head on his chest, breathing calmly  :  it made him smile fondly.     (   not that she saw, johanna was fast asleep   &   he was grateful for it.   )     she was beautiful like this, peaceful.     the stress   &   anxiety that came with the throne of the pope had almost vanished from her face.     gerold wished he could freeze time   &   allow them to remain in this moment forever.     but the water would draw back   &   somebody would find them.     

ask her to run with you !     his heart told him, but somehow he knew, she would not leave rome behind for him.     though she might want to, though it was best for them.     she would not.     he knew that   &   loved her for it.

❛   i love you.   ❜     he whispered in the dark   &   thought he felt her smile against his skin.     like her body reacted to the words, even subconsciously.     ❛   i always have, i always will.   ❜           @nefastxs  /  stop enabling me        

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nefastxs

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“Nothing in this world is as certain as uncertainty. I’m afraid of trusting this bliss.” 

( elisabeth legende einer heiligen - du rettest die welt für mich )

❛   my love  . . .   ❜   >

he should not say that.     he should not keep calling her that, not when thoughts had begun to invade his mind that indicated the certain opposite.     oh, it was not his love that was to doubt, gerold loved johanna like no man had ever loved his wife.     but it could not be.     they both needed to see that   &   soon.

yet when she spoke of such things, the hopelessness  threatening to break through her smile, he could not help it.     he would always come to wrap his arms around her, kiss her forehead   &   hold her tight.     what he would have liked to do years, DECADES, ago.

❛   we cannot read the future with certainty, i know.     but rest assured that i shall always be the one to protect you, however high the price.   ❜      

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I did not want you as my lover. I wanted you as my wife.

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mark seibert as margrave gerold in die päpstin (2018) part 2

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tag drop  :  relationships

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general tag drop.

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he had those kinds eyes that shone with the light of

“EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY”

margrave gerold - pope joan   (   IND. SEL. PRIV.   ) defended by adam.