Of Bouquets and Intentions

For what seems like a fleeting eternity, Adrian stares at Cassidy with fondness and yearning. 

Even though they're sitting right in front of each other, he looks at her longingly as if she is out of his reach. There's a soft and warm glint in his ocean blue orbs that makes him appear like a different person - different from that detached and cold man that she used to know. 

His gentle gaze makes Cassidy feel unusually absorbed. The fact that Adrian rarely displays his inner thoughts and emotions like this is probably the main reason for that. Though he already began doing that more often these days, she still found it a little hard to take everything in.