i want to be a mystery, yet be known
i want to be together, yet alone
She’s used to hiding her fear. Giving into it when she lived in the Rift was a death sentence. There were eyes always watching, glowing and glimmering eyes of malice that wished to attack on the weaknesses displayed. And she had learned to craft her mask well – but people hadn’t quite gotten this close to her, to see how she’d displayed them with tape and cracks. Fine from a distance, a disaster up close. A disaster that she smiles through in an attempt to detract, derail.
Luckily it works, as she taps his nose and he snaps at her finger, a hum of laughter leaving her throat at that. And she looks up at him with warmth softening the ice to her gaze, the snowscapes beneath it all as she focuses on him more clearly. His grin is natural, his touch is soft and yet still open, and she finds herself wishing that he’d scoop her up and hold her tight all night, to let his hands roam wherever. But they’d proved to keep it simple, slow, and she follows that too.
His comment is directed at her with a hum of a snicker, shaking her head into the pillows lightly as she looks up at him from her vantage point. “Mmm, I’m afraid you may have mistaken the dragon for the princess, your highness. No problem, though, we can fix that.” She teases him, sticking her tongue out at him.
Luckily it works, as she taps his nose and he snaps at her finger, a hum of laughter leaving her throat at that. And she looks up at him with warmth softening the ice to her gaze, the snowscapes beneath it all as she focuses on him more clearly. His grin is natural, his touch is soft and yet still open, and she finds herself wishing that he’d scoop her up and hold her tight all night, to let his hands roam wherever. But they’d proved to keep it simple, slow, and she follows that too.
His comment is directed at her with a hum of a snicker, shaking her head into the pillows lightly as she looks up at him from her vantage point. “Mmm, I’m afraid you may have mistaken the dragon for the princess, your highness. No problem, though, we can fix that.” She teases him, sticking her tongue out at him.
is it too much to ask to be famous yet unknown?
to be a wanderer, yet have a home?
KIADA
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
