And there are slender fingers that curl into her skin: precarious, simple, and filled with warmth at the proximity between the two. There's a skip of her breath, an incline of her head -- and then her palm arched around the fabric of his tie, hand lingering against his collarbone until skin parted from skin. "-- It was crooked."
True humour — as rare an expression on this face as sadness or shock — jerks its way unfamiliarly across lips far more used to casting cosmic judgement. Eyes the colour of c o n d e m n e d planets trace the line of that graceful arm, pale and near-translucent.
Upon the parting of their skin, he can feel his heart pound within the cavern of his chest — already longing within an instant to feel her warmth again. And so he reaches out, deft fingers curling around that wrist.
” Was it? How fortuitous that you were here, then — otherwise I might have gone about looking disheveled. Which would not, of course, be a good way to uphold my image. ”
With swift motion, she is pulled closer, until their chests touch and he can hear the universe in her heartbeat. His free hand rises, tracing a line from temple to jaw, listening to the celestial static in her head.
” I rather think you were looking for an opportunity to intrigue me. ”