@all5horizons [HAIR]: in the process of pushing the receiver’s hair back from their face, the sender lets their hand rest against the receiver’s cheek a moment longer. / from allyson for alana in the post-halloween kills au. why not.
alana bloom is known to be foolish. it’s become her brand, to some extent, to make bad choices based entirely on their emotional merit. that is to say for all her intellect, all her brilliance, all her tactful control — it seems to go out the window, actually (she thinks it, and it’s well enough she doesn’t laugh) when she’s faced with sincerity. that touch lingers at her cheek and blue eyes flick down to lips and then up again to soft, soft, soft brown. and truly, she should feel some shame.
a little. a little, as she turns her nose inward to brush lovingly against a palm, to reverently touch the creases of that hand with just a feeling. it seems entirely necessary. her kiss is a butterfly thing, it beats and exists for only seconds, but it’s significance is an alteration to time itself.
“would you like to come in?” she pauses. “that’s not an insinuation. i’m having a nice night, and sometimes i could stomach being selfish enough to want it to continue.”
applesauce’s gentle, effeminate bark breaks in a squeak from behind the house’s second door. alana leans on her cane just a touch for the reliability of the weight, but she stays angled just against her companion. and she’s thankful to be so small. in comparison, she fits very comfortably just slotted here in the warm glow of her porch-light.
“my dogs are very accepting. but they’re going to be very underfoot at first. —you’re impeding on their time with mom. they need to deem you worthy.”
her door clicks open. she leans it a bit further with her cane. five sets of swishing tails furiously sweep the floor just a few feet from them both. her legs ache, and her lower back feels like a solid entity, but she’s managing. she smiles, and it feels unhaunted.
“you’ll find a small bowl of treats behind you. just share them liberally. this is an equal opportunity household—all for treats, treats for all.”