I uh, I like touch. I spent a long time not being able to, so... Last week was nice. I didn't feel like a pest for asking. [her ear flicks.] Not that I normally do, either, just, you know.
[ there's something sort of wry in aquila's voice as they say, shamelessly: ]
I like it too. [ this is
sort of a joke on themselves considering lup knows but it's also not entirely untrue. sometimes you've been touch starved for your entire life and you had two people who started to teach you that actually you do like touch, especially in private, despite your usual proprieties. ] I can't really ask for it, either. [ in that exact same kind of wry amused tone of this very layered joke because boy aquila sure can't ask for it well can they
... ]
So, when we're alone like this, you don't have to ask. Long as you keep it our little secret, course, so Gems doesn't get mad at me for being improper [ teasingly, but then softening a bit, voice sliding back to something more familiar briefly, quietly. ] But...
Take what you want to. [ he squeezes her hand a little. ] You might be surprised what there is to give.
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[you might be surprised what there is to give, he says, and her chest tightens up and her heart does little flips. she just looks at him - at the veil. she can't see his face, and she wishes she could, for just a moment. she doesn't know what it'd do for her, but she can't imagine it'd be bad.
she doesn't ask. she knows he can't, and she can't let him get hurt, so.
instead she bites her bottom lip, and holds his hand tightly.]
You need to be careful. [she says, quietly.] If not for you, for me.
[she already has taken so much, she thinks. this already feels stolen, like a crime.]
[ they match her volume, keeping that smooth tone quiet between them, like a little secret. aquila is someone who likes to talk, but often, their words are double layered, and this is no exception. they're being careful, in a number of ways - finely toeing the line that no one else gets to see.
he doesn't let go, hands low between them. ] If I couldn't, I wouldn't.
[ his voice takes on that easy gravel again, and aquila takes their combined hands, and swings them gently. look at him. so confident. so cool. so absolutely affectionate all the time and used to and definitely doing it all the time. ]
in any case, she wanders until she finds a particularly sunny spot, and tugs them down to sit with her. she's quiet for now, but only because she feels like she can be. she never has to try hard, here.]
[ so naturally and easily affectionate! it's amazing!
sunny is good - they're not moving particularly slowly or anything, though they are letting lup lead them off basically anywhere she wants to, stepping over a larger tree branch and then stepping down beside her. the quiet is companionable and comfortable, and they set the snacks and drinks they'd fathered earlier down, then absently reach into their sleeve and pull out
a whole ass blanket with a starlight hotel logo, folded up, spreading it out so they have something to sit on. infinity sleeves. incredible. good picnic vibes. once they're settled, aquila does take the bento box, popping the top of it off.
... they sound a little rueful as they open it. ]
Can't tell you how happy I was the first time you tipped me with one of these. [ aquila taps the side of the box. ] Over the moon.
[she looks amused at the blanket, flopping down onto it.]
You said you didn't like sweets, so. [she settles. and doesn't eat? it's fine.] And I'm willing to bet you never eat anything unless someone reminds you, so.
[ i never got a notif for this thread what the fuck
they make a little noise. wow!!! how dare you. and then settle down with the bento box, popping the top off of it and setting it and their restaurant snacks down. ]
I eat when I need to. [ (aquila voice) if i could simply have a diet of medicine and tea or black coffee i probably would ] Does that go for the both of us? [ eat you fool. ]
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[a pause.]
I uh, I like touch. I spent a long time not being able to, so... Last week was nice. I didn't feel like a pest for asking. [her ear flicks.] Not that I normally do, either, just, you know.
[she's enjoying the touch here and now.]
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I like it too. [ this is
sort of a joke on themselves considering lup knows but it's also not entirely untrue. sometimes you've been touch starved for your entire life and you had two people who started to teach you that actually you do like touch, especially in private, despite your usual proprieties. ] I can't really ask for it, either. [ in that exact same kind of wry amused tone of this very layered joke because boy aquila sure can't ask for it well can they
... ]
So, when we're alone like this, you don't have to ask. Long as you keep it our little secret, course, so Gems doesn't get mad at me for being improper [ teasingly, but then softening a bit, voice sliding back to something more familiar briefly, quietly. ] But...
Take what you want to. [ he squeezes her hand a little. ] You might be surprised what there is to give.
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she doesn't ask. she knows he can't, and she can't let him get hurt, so.
instead she bites her bottom lip, and holds his hand tightly.]
You need to be careful. [she says, quietly.] If not for you, for me.
[she already has taken so much, she thinks. this already feels stolen, like a crime.]
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[ they match her volume, keeping that smooth tone quiet between them, like a little secret. aquila is someone who likes to talk, but often, their words are double layered, and this is no exception. they're being careful, in a number of ways - finely toeing the line that no one else gets to see.
he doesn't let go, hands low between them. ] If I couldn't, I wouldn't.
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she exhales slow, tilting her head back up to the sun.]
Okay. [she doesn't let go either. soft, a little vulnerable instead of punchy, because she can trust him with it:] You promised me a picnic.
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[ his voice takes on that easy gravel again, and aquila takes their combined hands, and swings them gently. look at him. so confident. so cool. so absolutely affectionate all the time and used to and definitely doing it all the time. ]
Find us a good spot, yeah? I trust you.
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in any case, she wanders until she finds a particularly sunny spot, and tugs them down to sit with her. she's quiet for now, but only because she feels like she can be. she never has to try hard, here.]
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sunny is good - they're not moving particularly slowly or anything, though they are letting lup lead them off basically anywhere she wants to, stepping over a larger tree branch and then stepping down beside her. the quiet is companionable and comfortable, and they set the snacks and drinks they'd fathered earlier down, then absently reach into their sleeve and pull out
a whole ass blanket with a starlight hotel logo, folded up, spreading it out so they have something to sit on. infinity sleeves. incredible. good picnic vibes. once they're settled, aquila does take the bento box, popping the top of it off.
... they sound a little rueful as they open it. ]
Can't tell you how happy I was the first time you tipped me with one of these. [ aquila taps the side of the box. ] Over the moon.
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You said you didn't like sweets, so. [she settles. and doesn't eat? it's fine.] And I'm willing to bet you never eat anything unless someone reminds you, so.
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they make a little noise. wow!!! how dare you. and then settle down with the bento box, popping the top off of it and setting it and their restaurant snacks down. ]
I eat when I need to. [ (aquila voice) if i could simply have a diet of medicine and tea or black coffee i probably would ] Does that go for the both of us? [ eat you fool. ]