Only satisfactory? Good thing I took some precautionary measures to keep your toes warm.
[ She'll find a surprise under the comforter on her side; an old heating pan so the sheets and blankets would already be warmed by the time she crawled under them.
When she settles back more on his thighs, he traces his hands up her sides and then along her arms, covering both of her hands with his, slowly running his thumbs across her knuckles. It gives him something to focus on, as he considers her question. Right now, he definitely doesn't feel as pinched as nervy as he had earlier, when they first arrived. Despite the bad memory of him leaving this house, all those years ago, there's plenty of good ones he's started to remember. Not to mention: she's here. Her presence helps, he thinks, to chase away whatever past wants to hold on. Because Inej is so firmly someone who'd never been here. That made it easier to focus on the present. ]
You're here. [ As though that completely answers the unspoken questions under her words. ] It's difficult to be uncomfortable when you're sitting in my lap wearing—what I suspect is—one of my old shirts.
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Date: 2024-10-02 12:18 am (UTC)[ She'll find a surprise under the comforter on her side; an old heating pan so the sheets and blankets would already be warmed by the time she crawled under them.
When she settles back more on his thighs, he traces his hands up her sides and then along her arms, covering both of her hands with his, slowly running his thumbs across her knuckles. It gives him something to focus on, as he considers her question. Right now, he definitely doesn't feel as pinched as nervy as he had earlier, when they first arrived. Despite the bad memory of him leaving this house, all those years ago, there's plenty of good ones he's started to remember. Not to mention: she's here. Her presence helps, he thinks, to chase away whatever past wants to hold on. Because Inej is so firmly someone who'd never been here. That made it easier to focus on the present. ]
You're here. [ As though that completely answers the unspoken questions under her words. ] It's difficult to be uncomfortable when you're sitting in my lap wearing—what I suspect is—one of my old shirts.