Gonna just... Carefully steer his fingers away from the bright bruise below her eye and guide them to her lips instead. "It's fine."
HE’LL SOMETIMES CATCH a glimpse of her on the battlefield, somewhere within all the c h a o s, the way she commands the space & her enemies like they’re merely pawns on a game board. And he’ll sometimes w o r r y about her unassuming stature, her lack of a weapon, the way she lets her fists do all the dirty work, even when he knows he shouldn’t concern himself. From the time it takes for him to w a r p from one daemon to the next, she’s already dusting off her gloves, readying herself for more.
It’s fine, she says. Maybe so --------- but that doesn’t mean he likes it very much.
WITH A FROWN, HIS GAZE shifts just a f r a c t i o n of an inch, from deep blues & purples to soft brown. Fingertips linger where they are led, rough, battle-worn skin against the smoothness of her lips. Then they slide away, to c u p the side of her face, head bowing down so that foreheads can meet, a low sigh hovering in the space between their lips.
“ Guess I can’t protect you from everything, huh? ” he mutters. “ Much as I’d like to. ”
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