[ He's not being a prude, he's being respectful!!!
It's a moment the both need, to just exist together, quietly, leaning into each other - though he lets her do most of the leaning. Her disappearance and his subsequent return with her has left him feeling raw and bare, his heart burst open, and now he needs this moment to just let himself breathe. To process everything that just happened. It'd been...awful, to find her gone, to learn the reason why. But it could have been so much worse, in so many ways.
It's the little things.
She stands and he's quick to follow, no matter how much he savors the feeling of her fingers carding through his hair. He looks her over, ready to scoop her up again if she winces or sways on her feet. ]
I can get it started for you.
[ It's such a small thing, to go turn on the bathwater. He wishes he could do more. ]
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It's a moment the both need, to just exist together, quietly, leaning into each other - though he lets her do most of the leaning. Her disappearance and his subsequent return with her has left him feeling raw and bare, his heart burst open, and now he needs this moment to just let himself breathe. To process everything that just happened. It'd been...awful, to find her gone, to learn the reason why. But it could have been so much worse, in so many ways.
It's the little things.
She stands and he's quick to follow, no matter how much he savors the feeling of her fingers carding through his hair. He looks her over, ready to scoop her up again if she winces or sways on her feet. ]
I can get it started for you.
[ It's such a small thing, to go turn on the bathwater. He wishes he could do more. ]