✋ my muse plays with your muse's hair (GLorelei)
Lorelei sat on the floor, her back pressed against the sofa and Gabriel laid out on it with his laptop on his chest. Her thoughts elsewhere, mainly on the clay her hands tried to mold into the image she had in mind. It was to be added to a larger piece she started work on weeks prior; one she hoped to submit to a local art contest which was to take place next month.
Lorelei’s fingers shaped the clay, the ridges not as smooth as she’d like but it was something she could sand once it was dry. As she worked the groove, in hopes it’d form the ear she envisioned, Lorelei felt fingers through her hair. It was subtle at first as she was completely immersed in her project. But as time ticked by it grew apparent Gabriel’s hand idly played with her hair while he tapped away on his keyboard with his other hand.
Lorelei pretended to not notice, her attention divided between her clay ear and his fingers. And as much as she didn’t want to give into the notion that the sappy, couply shit made her happy…It made her smile.
The very smile she sketched into her pad a week ago.
Fuck…she thought to herself. Why did she feel the urge to fight these feelings when they felt so incredibly right with him? Why did it scare the shit out of her to know somebody such as him wanted this with her? Why did she always feel that a point would come he’d grow tired of her crap and leave? Why did she insist on creating a sea of negatives instead of allowing the life raft of positives to save her from these thoughts?
Lorelei closed her eyes and leaned completely against the sofa. “I like it when you do that.” she decided to say instead of a comment about how she wished he’d wash his hands before touching her or that he could busy his hands doing something other than playing with her hair.
In fact the girl loved this small gesture. It was one of love, to her, and she knew deep in her heart this was something she felt she deserved: to feel loved.