my bones are caving in

KIADA i wish that i could say, i am a light that never goes out. She drapes over him, settling in comfortably despite everything. And when his hands run up and down her sides, she nestles her head in close against his chest, listening to the heartbeat that slowly begins to soften into an easier pattern. It takes her by surprise when he grabs her, her head lifting and arms folding up beneath her chest and braced against his own as she peers at him curiously, a grin curling around the edges of her lips. “Mm, that does sound like normal me.” She chimes, a bit playfully, a bit more entertained, before her grin and the reflection in her eyes soften. She lifts a hand then, stroking it gently along his stubbled jaw, searching his gaze and letting it drift to his lips, and the rest of his face. “Always, Chuy.” She breathlessly whispers, hand raising slightly to follow the line of his growing beard to his hair, her thumb stroking along his temple briefly. but i flicker from time to time.