[ it breaks her heart to see his expression crumple like that and yet it's satisfying as well. he's trying to hard to stay strong, she knows, and while he may need to maintain that for others, for his comrades in the guard and those he's helping on the streets, he need not do it for her. his company alone keeps her strong and supported, and while she loves his smiles, what she loves more is his simple.. presence, the knowledge that he's here, that she can hear his voice and feel his warmth and smell his skin. that's all she needs. mayhaps in time he'll learn that completely, but until he does she's more than happy to show him, to help him unwind whenever and however she can.
for now she maintains the silence. there's only this space between them, the heat and steam and the sound of beating water. her fingers work gently thorough his hair, rubbing deep into it, over and along his scalp in circular, soothing movements.
and while she works she carefully pulls his face down to her level, and she presses kisses to his cheeks, over his tears and the rolling water, first his right cheek then his left, crossing the bridge of his freckled nose and up to his brow. all she needs to say is there in her kisses, each one warm and soft and lingering, and in the slow gentle workings of her fingers through his hair. ]
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for now she maintains the silence. there's only this space between them, the heat and steam and the sound of beating water. her fingers work gently thorough his hair, rubbing deep into it, over and along his scalp in circular, soothing movements.
and while she works she carefully pulls his face down to her level, and she presses kisses to his cheeks, over his tears and the rolling water, first his right cheek then his left, crossing the bridge of his freckled nose and up to his brow. all she needs to say is there in her kisses, each one warm and soft and lingering, and in the slow gentle workings of her fingers through his hair. ]