. @afvckton psyche asked for ares : Bellatrix — Sender wipes blood from Receiver’s lip with their sleeve.
she came dangerously close to him, step by step, without hesitation. after such a fight, his mind was still caught between the thrill of it and something else he could not quite name. his body was still filled with that familiar rush, the echo of violence running through his veins, the need for more, the need to keep going, to not let it fade away. and yet, as she moved closer, that feeling began to blur, to lose its sharp edge. ( shouldn't she fear you now ? ) his mind screamed, loud. she should. she should fear him like all the others. she should turn and run away, disappear while she still could, without ever looking back. that was how this always went, right ? that was how it was supposed to go.
and yet ... she didn't. she didn't run or stepped back. she didn't even hesitate. she kept moving toward him, closing the space between them as if none of what had just happened mattered, as if the blood on him, the violence still clinging to him, meant nothing at all. and somehow, the anger that had burned so brightly inside him moments ago, the thrill of the fight, of war ... it began to slip away, quieting in a way that felt almost unnatural. ❝ what are you doing ? ❞ the words left him before he could stop them, rough, confused, almost defensive. he was used to fear, used to the way people looked at him, the way they stepped away, despised him simply because they could.
her hand moved slowly, holding the sleeve of her perfect white dress between her fingers, lifting it just enough to reach him. and then she wiped the trail of blood that had formed at the corner of his lips, gentle and carefully, as if he was something that could be handled softly. his eyes remained on her, while his mind struggled to make sense of it all. ( your mind is confused because you don't know what this is. ) that voice lingered somewhere deep inside him. and yet, he didn't despise that feeling.
that was the strange part of it all. he didn't push her away. he didn't step back. maybe he feared it ... maybe. ❝ psyceh ... this ... this is not right. ❞ his voice lowered, losing some of that sharpness, something uncertain slipping through instead. not for her. she was too gentle, too untouched by the kind of world he carried within him. too fragile to be this close to someone like him, someone made of brute force, of everything she should stay away from.
𝐑𝐏 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ( 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ) .















