// won't you breathe with me? //
He filled her vision, a figure of shadow and gold outlined by the soft glow of flickering lamplight. Like a halo, like he might have been some divine being - only not as untouchable. She felt him, properly present with his hands reaching up to cup her face with an intensity about him that stole her breath away. The soothing trace of warmth along her back kept her relaxed, slumped against his chest as though he was all that held her up in this moment.
His words reached her slowly, softly. Sinking down through every barrier she'd ever built around her heart, past the numbness and lingering trepidation, until they settled right across her heart. She didn't need to be Attuned to know his heart; she felt it, was surrounded by it - and could only hope that her own feelings came across half as clearly.
"Mhm. I know you will."
She couldn't look a way from him, didn't want to either. Inextricably drawn in, Maea lifted her chin ever so slightly, lips parting in a quest for his mouth. It wasn't a burn so much as an ache, now; a need as visceral as drawing air into lungs or drinking when thirsty. She needed him, more than words could express –
His words reached her slowly, softly. Sinking down through every barrier she'd ever built around her heart, past the numbness and lingering trepidation, until they settled right across her heart. She didn't need to be Attuned to know his heart; she felt it, was surrounded by it - and could only hope that her own feelings came across half as clearly.
"Mhm. I know you will."
She couldn't look a way from him, didn't want to either. Inextricably drawn in, Maea lifted her chin ever so slightly, lips parting in a quest for his mouth. It wasn't a burn so much as an ache, now; a need as visceral as drawing air into lungs or drinking when thirsty. She needed him, more than words could express –
Maea
// won't you take me to your heart? //
