1. Beauty

Sometimes, he watches her, and eventually, she always notices.

"What are you looking at?"

"You."

"Why?"

Looking at her, with that sweetly expectant tilt to her lips, he is glad that he can say truthfully, "Because you're beautiful."

At that, she never fails to blush prettily and preen, with the strangest mix of humility and pride that always makes him smile.

And yet he can't help but feel guilty when she gently laces her fingers between his, and he sees the happiness light up her eyes.

She is beautiful, but she is not the beauty who has waltzed into his life and stolen his heart.


A/N: Because I found a set of prompts that I liked :) The length of these might vary, but I'm not quite sure yet.