You're so cold
but you feel alive
She scowled a little at that, but let his fingers smooth the tension away, relaxing into his touch. "That would leave me with a grand total of zero friends. Well, save you, of course." Sunjata had always been beyond kind. And maybe Jigano too, though she wasn't so sure about that anymore. She seemed to have a knack for straining their relationship by making rash decisions.
He came back to her, reached out for her again and Maea slipped back into his embrace. Touching the scalded skin gently to see if it was as bad as it looked, she gave him a rueful grimace, mood slowly settling back into the calm he so wished for. "Seems I only struggle with the ice. Maybe because it's too comfortable... It's way easier to shut things out than let them in." It was the best way she could describe the sensation - though voicing out loud, she found it made little sense.
"I guess, if you ever need a bath, you only have to say the word?" A sly sideways glance at him, the hint of a smile touching the corner of her mouth.
He came back to her, reached out for her again and Maea slipped back into his embrace. Touching the scalded skin gently to see if it was as bad as it looked, she gave him a rueful grimace, mood slowly settling back into the calm he so wished for. "Seems I only struggle with the ice. Maybe because it's too comfortable... It's way easier to shut things out than let them in." It was the best way she could describe the sensation - though voicing out loud, she found it made little sense.
"I guess, if you ever need a bath, you only have to say the word?" A sly sideways glance at him, the hint of a smile touching the corner of her mouth.
lay your hands on me
one last time
MAEA
