[ He skims his palms up the sides of your arms to your shoulders, a gentle squeeze of reassurance as he arranges his own limbs so that his drawn up knees frame your body on either side. As he leans in to nuzzle your neck, eyes gentle as he watches you, his left arm comes around your torso, hand settling fingertips over your beating heart and his right hand has taken your hand, tangling your fingers together. ]
Look up. [ He murmurs that, low and soothing as he starts to kiss your neck.
It's more than just the alien beauty of you when you look like this, though the sight of you is breath-taking, he won't deny that. Your moments of vulnerability are things you guard so closely, but to the best of his abilities, he will always make sure you have a safe place with him when and where he can. He is not the only one, he knows, who wants you to feel at ease in your own skin, and he is pretty damn sure that years and years of trauma won't be undone in a single night.
But he can try to start. And maybe, even after he's done his turn in life, you'll remember that. If that's something he can manage, then however brief his run with you, it will have been worth it. ]
I want you to see what everyone who loves you sees. What I see, when I look at you.
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Look up. [ He murmurs that, low and soothing as he starts to kiss your neck.
It's more than just the alien beauty of you when you look like this, though the sight of you is breath-taking, he won't deny that. Your moments of vulnerability are things you guard so closely, but to the best of his abilities, he will always make sure you have a safe place with him when and where he can. He is not the only one, he knows, who wants you to feel at ease in your own skin, and he is pretty damn sure that years and years of trauma won't be undone in a single night.
But he can try to start. And maybe, even after he's done his turn in life, you'll remember that. If that's something he can manage, then however brief his run with you, it will have been worth it. ]
I want you to see what everyone who loves you sees. What I see, when I look at you.