@allmuse sent a courier : "my lips were made to meet yours." // Vehk
𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚣𝚣𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛. vane watches them intently as they reflect off of multicolored eyes; gold and red with depths that could rival the sea of ghosts itself. as always, a book was perched in the nerevarine's lap, but they weren't paying attention to it-- the words on the page were long forgotten, the contents of any book paling in comparison to the living god that sat so close to them. for once, they thought, they didn't quite feel like reading.
absent-minded, fingers skimmed the worn page of their book. for a brief moment, vane broke eye contact to glance down at it, half out of modesty. in truth, holding vehk's stare left them breathless in a way they could not pinpoint nor immediately describe, and their chest rose and fell visibly beneath their dreugh's cuirass. though as they dared to glance up again, he'd moved, and wisps of blue fire reflected in their eyes as he crossed crossed the already scarce distance between them, his movements as fluid as the most graceful of dancers-- where to look, they knew not, and thus their gaze first fell to the book again as color crawled into their ears. expression softened from its usually stoic facade into something decidedly gentle on their war torn visage.
this was something new. exciting. it was not unlike the exhilaration they felt before a battle, though there was a distinct clenching in their stomach that felt new. it had them by the chest, the heart, the throat-- it was hard to breathe, and they felt almost sadistic for enjoying it. ivory lashes fluttered, and they gazed up at the god through them as he spoke, so close they could reach out and touch him, if they wanted to. as it was, though, they didn't have to-- didn't have to do anything, as he leaned in, speaking close to their tattered ear. my lips were made to meet yours.
he always did have a talent of surprising them. they never knew what to expect. that was half the fun of it, wasn't it?
vaneyyn clutched the book close to their chest, its cover long since closed, and only then did they realize their back was already meeting a wall. no backing away here, nor changing the subject-- it wasn't as if this feeling, whatever it was that hung in the air between them, wasn't mutual. they weren't an entirely subtle creature themselves, but even so, it was hard to truly corner them.
unless one literally did just that. for a brief moment, they glanced at the colors that danced across the floors, and then back up into vivec's eyes-- mismatched, like their own.
❝ -- then... ❞ a pause, and vane wet their lips without thinking. when they spoke, their voice was low, quiet, and ald-chimeris rolled off their tongue, careful and husky. ❝ --are you going to kiss me now, vehk? ❞