He starts, a reflexive jolt caught and subdued quickly upon replay, invisible but not intangible: his heart skips beneath the muffle of her palm, tension tuned sharp through his shoulder. But there’s no dry kindling in him for alarm to ignite -- his resistance loosens like a pair of clamped jaws as he shifts, blankets welcomed, wrangled with his assistance.
Her close fit against him gives him pause -- is she reaching across him for something? No, clearly she is not.
A moment’s hazy contemplation as she makes herself comfortable is all he needs to realize that no part of him seems to mind. Conforming feels natural, whatever warm feeling calling to muscle and bone; his arm should lift to wind around her side, like so.
A sigh presses up under his scrubby chest, the scar-chewed slats of his ribs push against her in the dark. He shifts again to better settle.
“I’ll be discreet,” he murmurs back once he's still. Quiet. Mrs. Fitcher.
A low purr of acknowledgement is neither encouragement or assent. In the dark, there is some minor adjustment to the tilt of her chin. On second thought—
"I didn't ask for your discretion. Only not to wake me."
Let Barrow and Rutyer be cross with her. There's little harm in it.
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Date: 2021-08-21 06:20 pm (UTC)He starts, a reflexive jolt caught and subdued quickly upon replay, invisible but not intangible: his heart skips beneath the muffle of her palm, tension tuned sharp through his shoulder. But there’s no dry kindling in him for alarm to ignite -- his resistance loosens like a pair of clamped jaws as he shifts, blankets welcomed, wrangled with his assistance.
Her close fit against him gives him pause -- is she reaching across him for something? No, clearly she is not.
A moment’s hazy contemplation as she makes herself comfortable is all he needs to realize that no part of him seems to mind. Conforming feels natural, whatever warm feeling calling to muscle and bone; his arm should lift to wind around her side, like so.
A sigh presses up under his scrubby chest, the scar-chewed slats of his ribs push against her in the dark. He shifts again to better settle.
“I’ll be discreet,” he murmurs back once he's still. Quiet. Mrs. Fitcher.
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Date: 2021-08-22 06:44 am (UTC)"I didn't ask for your discretion. Only not to wake me."
Let Barrow and Rutyer be cross with her. There's little harm in it.
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Date: 2021-08-22 09:35 pm (UTC)Quiet prevails; after a moment, a rustle marks his settling back into place.
He won’t wake her.