@Yumyumwei requested page 666 of Lodestar from Fitz's POV, so I hope you enjoy! As always, feel free to comment or PM me requests.

"Or," Fitz said, feeling a sudden rush of courage. "We could skip the talking."

"And do what?" Sophie asked, her voice cracking slightly in the most adorable way.

"Any ideas?" He leaned in a little closer, trying to gauge her reaction. He willed himself not to breath too hard. She couldn't quite meet his gaze, but her lips parted slightly. His own parted in response.

He leaned in a little closer, a thousand thoughts running through his head. What if she didn't reciprocate his feelings? What if she got mad at him for not telling her how he felt sooner? What if she pushed him away?

He shoved all those thoughts to a corner of his mind. If he was going to do this, he was going to do it right. That meant he would be confident in his every move.

He leaned a tiny bit closer, and he could feel Sophie's breathing quicken in time with his own. He was about to close the distance between them, but someone cleared his throat loudly.

Fitz quickly pulled away from Sophie, glaring up at Keefe. "Am I interrupting something?" His tone was teasing, but he seemed anxious.

Fitz groaned internally, trying to keep his posture and facial expression neutral. While Keefe had been gone, he had had a lot of time to bond with Sophie, and he had made a lot of progress with their relationship. He got so nervous around her that he closed himself off. He had never felt so strongly about someone, it felt unnatural. He was terrified of being rejected, not because he was afraid of rejection itself, but because he wouldn't know what to do with himself without even the hope that she might like him back. He had finally felt comfortable enough around her to let on just slightly that he might care about her (of course, he didn't show very much, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold it back if he told her too much, and he didn't want to scare her away), but Keefe had a way to always be with Sophie, so since he had come back, Fitz hadn't had much of a chance to talk to her.

Despite this lengthy internal monologue, he only said, "Just finding new ways to drive Sophie crazy. I had to step up my game while you were gone."