[He jerks anyway, reflexes too hard to control with his focus on standing up, and on curling that soft hair around his fingertips. Jerks, but not too hard, jutting his chin up against her hand while his jaw locks tight.
It might be enough of an answer, if she weren't so prone to talking in code (or he so prone to assuming that of her). But it seems so impossible, now, that the curse shouldn't have laid him bare. Like her.]
But it's not fair. You do the right thing - [He parts his lips under her ministrations and the rest of the words sound half formed-] shouldn't be so hard to live with.
hold my hand, ooh baby it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
[He jerks anyway, reflexes too hard to control with his focus on standing up, and on curling that soft hair around his fingertips. Jerks, but not too hard, jutting his chin up against her hand while his jaw locks tight.
It might be enough of an answer, if she weren't so prone to talking in code (or he so prone to assuming that of her). But it seems so impossible, now, that the curse shouldn't have laid him bare. Like her.]
But it's not fair. You do the right thing - [He parts his lips under her ministrations and the rest of the words sound half formed-] shouldn't be so hard to live with.