[ It's easy to feel in his grasp, how sensitive she is. Lighter isn't — he's long been dulled to most finer sensations by scars and violence, by throwing those possibilities away in exchange for strength enough to guide him through hell. But gentleness was nourished by the ashes of what burned after his footsteps, and in its wake his strength is soft and measured. If he's to use it for anything, it's to protect.
Such a faint noise and it's already sticking in his ears and coalescing, the sound of it sweeping his nerves. Her touch along the line of his face has him pulling back to deliver a final kiss to the heel of her palm, leading it along to cup the other side of his jaw. Toughened fingers loosely curled over her hand, he leans his weight into her palms, breath sighing long and slow from the bottom of his chest. His thumb brushes over the back of her hand once, twice, tracing fragile bone as if ensuring the weight of him isn't too heavy for her to bear. No matter how profound it feels. ]
Do you feel like it's not enough? [ An earnest question. He's seeing the signs, but still... Lighter's gaze rises, giving her the benefit of its presence. ] Do you want me to show you?
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Such a faint noise and it's already sticking in his ears and coalescing, the sound of it sweeping his nerves. Her touch along the line of his face has him pulling back to deliver a final kiss to the heel of her palm, leading it along to cup the other side of his jaw. Toughened fingers loosely curled over her hand, he leans his weight into her palms, breath sighing long and slow from the bottom of his chest. His thumb brushes over the back of her hand once, twice, tracing fragile bone as if ensuring the weight of him isn't too heavy for her to bear. No matter how profound it feels. ]
Do you feel like it's not enough? [ An earnest question. He's seeing the signs, but still... Lighter's gaze rises, giving her the benefit of its presence. ] Do you want me to show you?