Lithe digits ply short tresses than her own, tugging teasingly to garner attention forthright from a scholarly blond. Melodic hum resonates in her vocal chords, disguising a chuckle as she spares no quarter or moment upon him as lips of petal carmine and plump ritual peppering a lingering whisper of affection against the line of a widening jaw. She smiles faintly before tugging on locks once more. "You've been stuck researching so long, I almost forgot what you looked like, Arlert. "
most nights, he could losedistinction between sunlight and the humble timbre of a candle’s shine.
and was not as if he struggled against this swayof circumstance — rather, for the betterment of himself,and those few souls still left standing in his alliance,calculations and calibrations were a meagre price to pay.
time had weathered him, carved salt from the mountain face.he had not broadened particularly, no —but, his jaw had grown more prominent, more resolute,pencilling a line upward to makeshift spectacles.
spectacles that were now windows to wide eyes,blue and awoken.
blue, awoken, and sweeping toinspect for any body’s still lostmeandering about the night.
❝ — and say you did forget? ” a glance shifted,almost lazily, yet with a touch of care, throughlazily tied bangs, ” all that time spent sneaking around,lost to diagrams.
it’s not as if i couldn’t see that coming. ❞
dry lips pursed, twitched wryly intoa weary ( affectionate ) smile,
❝ even so, forgetting you, even amidst these charming graphs, would be near impossible. —— does that mean i win? ❞
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