shy kisses for the alphi ship of your choosing!
Send me a Ship and a Number and I will Write a Kiss
21 - Shyly
Oh no, choices!!! I have so many ships with my boy!
Let's go with Alphinaud/G'raha!
Alphinaud had been trying to pen his letter for several hours. He was unsure how much to say. Unsure how much his mother would pass to his father. Unsure if he wanted either of them to know anything.
As such, he'd been left surrounded by crumpled paper, and his hands were stained with ink (as was one spot on his lips where he'd idly put the nib of his quill between them after dipping it in the inkwell). But slowly he was making progress. He had a few good sentences. Assurances to his mother that he would still be safe, and a promise that he and his sister were sticking together, at least for the time being.
"Alphinaud," the sound of his name caused Alphinaud to return to the moment he was in with a slight start, and after a quick blink, he realised that G'raha had not only entered the room, but crossed it to stand before him, all without him noticing. "You appeared malms away," Alphinaud blinked again as G'raha took his hand.
"I appear to be having some trouble with my letter," Alphinaud admitted. He moved his chair back at the unspoken request from G'raha, allowing the Miqo'te to push aside his work and sit upon the edge of the table.
"What is troubling you about it?" G'raha's hands were surprisingly soft as they smoothed their way through Alphinaud's fringe, soothing his anxieties somewhat.
"The same thing that has been troubling me since our meeting in Gridania,"
"Ah." G'raha nodded, his hands leaving Alphinaud's hair and dropping into his own lap. "I have no advice to give you. Regrettably, family is rather far outside of my area of expertise." Alphinaud hummed, managing to offer G'raha something of a smile.
"Even if it were, I fear there is little advice anyone could give that would soothe me. Your attempt is much appreciated regardless," Alphinaud hesitated for a moment, his ears colouring just a little. Slowly, giving G'raha plenty of time to stop him, Alphinaud pulled the other man down by the front of his shirt. Still, he hesitated an extra moment before kissing him.
It wasn't their first kiss, but it was the first that Alphinaud had initiated. And he couldn't silence the thundering of his heart. Pulling back, after only a few seconds, Alphinaud couldn't look at G'raha. Which only made it more surprising that G'raha lent in to kiss him once more.