poke the waist window. just poke it. why is it there. who are you, felix.
BETRAYAL COMES IN THE FORM OF A TOUCH / fleeting and brief and stabbing in its nature and his skin crawls ———— dramatic, perhaps, but that hardly reduces the inherent compulsion for self defense in the name of such a full frontal attack !! ( … ) alright, genuinely dramatic, what with the fact that she’s merely poked him rather than genuinely attacked him but the two are practically one in the same considering she’s managed to launch an assault against the least defended part of him / and he’s reconsidering this overcoat, now.
he’s not willing to admit that he twitches at her touch, an instinctive drawing away and twisting and he doesn’t think of it as a RETREAT but rather to get an unimpeded view of the enemy who looks at him innocently ———— RUBBISH !! NONSENSE !! ———— with her eyes wide and hand still raised and it’s impressive, he must admit.
❝ ———— byleth, ❞ name as a statement and name as a question and name as a WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING and her hand lowers as her gaze drops to the asymmetrical cut to his coat. as if judging it. or thereabouts.
why their interactions are like this / so stilted and strange / he’ll never know.
❝ i’m testing you, ❞ he’s half certain that she’s lying.
❝ it’s a vulnerability. ❞
at some point his hand settled along his flank and he’s not sure if it happened in the immediate aftermath of the poke or somewhere in motion / but he’s covering this vulnerability and he has to admit, begrudging though it may be, that she has a point. something of a point. a mild minor slight point that perhaps his choice of clothing errs on the side of ———— oddity.
but he likes this coat.he really, truly does.
❝ perhaps, but not on the battlefield, ❞ considering he doesn’t wear these clothes in battled and she knows that as well as he. his arms cross over his chest / something of a concerted effort in the name of not resting his hand on his waist anymore. ❝ but if you’ve considered this, i’ll have to be more wary around the others. ❞
there’s a pause before, ❝ felix, are you ticklish? ❞
and suddenly : some of his worst fears are realized. ❝ what? ———— no !! ❞
damn it, why is he a bad liar?
@timecall // local woman accosts man for his waist window, more news at 8