“Isn’t the view beautiful? It takes my breath away.” (Mary, of course. Also-- little does she realize that the view he's on about is her, it always is).
TIM BURTON 。 ° ・ ★ @lumenrectis
a small hum of agreement sounds from her throat as mary’s gaze casts out over the land before them, the colors of autumn beginning to peak out all around, painting the landscape in warm honey and fire.
❛ do you not find it peculiar, however—— ❜ there’s still that bit of awe in her eyes as she takes in the scene, an easy smile resting on her lips. ❛ ——that with all of the time we spent out here as children, running through those very same hills ——how little we appreciated it ? ❜ and perhaps it had simply been a different perspective growing with them as they got older, she muses, finally turning to look at him, her smile breaking into a wide grin as her eyes meet his. with everything they’ve been through leading up to the here and now, mary will never be unaffected by the way he can disarm her so, and with no more than a look. her eyes sparkle with amusement, even as she sets her accusation upon him.
❛ francis ——were you even listening to me ? ❜