[private] take a look in the mirror

[Altissima]

His touch has the effect he wants, a shiver running through her with it and the heated kiss he places on her skin soon after. Altissima is thinking about that damned leg too, wondering if it could hold his weight long enough for her to assist. She considers asking him, considers describing to him in detail exactly what she would like to do if it weren’t for that damned leg. For now, she just laughs softly at his mentioning of her calling him a pest - glad to see a smile in his bright eyes when he refers to it. “You are a pest, Glow Worm.” She tells him, her teasing faltering as she continues - as she shares a little piece of the truth and does not cover it with humour. “And I’m glad for it.” And she is. She is so glad Tarian keeps turning up in her life and she hopes he won’t ever stop turning up. That even if the wild winds call her away from him for a time they will gravitate back towards each other again and again. This is a scary fault and it almost makes her want to run again. Her first dream of a future, the first time she’s ever had plans. He teases her back, much to her delight. If this is a game she loses, it is one she will at least enjoy losing. “Not tonight.” She replies back but her voice is shaky, breathless, and it’s punctuated by a small gasp as his teeth rake a small path across her skin. Altissima shifts, wanting to reach more of him, to get more of a reaction out of him but she stops moving when he presses his head into the crest of her neck - when he speaks. There’s something she should know. Uncertainty creeps back in before she can try to fight it off. Altissima wants to fight it off, she doesn’t want to be given an excuse to leave anymore. That moment has passed for her but here he is, making her feel like she’s being dragged back into it. “What is it?” She asks in a rough voice, not even attempting to pretend to be casual, as she struggles to not slide the walls back up around her. But she stiffens next to him anyway - barely daring to breathe as she waits.

artwork by cal

@Tarian