_They share a look, then a smile._ _And this is okay, Sucrose thinks later, as she stares at the rim of her teacup. It’s okay to take it slow. She knows what this feeling is now, but there’s still so much more she doesn’t know. Like just exactly how fast her heart beats near him, how warm her body temperature becomes, how close she can get without feeling lightheaded. There’s time to discover what exactly this would mean for both of them, one step of an experiment at a time._ _After all, Sucrose has patience in spades. Enough to wait until the time is ripe, and certainly enough to wait for flowers to bloom._ -From the ['press your skin unto my overweathered pages'](https://archiveofourown.org/works/40359306) fanfic by the wonderful [Lethe](https://twitter.com/tinylethologica) My second piece for the [Alberose Minibang ](https://twitter.com/alberose_mini )event back in July! LOL I think spent too much time on the background and foreground but it was an interesting experience xDDD