Vervain
”My pleasure,” Vai said with a nod, stepping forward to guide Zeph’s hands and fix his stance, her fingers brushing gently over his shoulders, along his back, down the arm that drew the string back. She tucked his elbow in and stood back, nodding in satisfaction - and it paid off, the witch grinning as well as the arrow met its target. ”You’re better than you think,” she said with a playful wink, accepting the bow back from him.
Caught by the sudden teasing in his voice and the unexpectedly chaste gesture of affection, Vai smiled, reaching out to rest her hand over his where it rubbed at his arm. ”At this rate the forfeit is going to be giving you a shoulder rub - and you have to keep still. No touching, no wandering fingers.” The look in her eyes was wicked, Vai stepping back from Zeph to aim another arrow, shooting it this time into one of the other targets.
”You okay to keep going?” she asked, nodding at his arm.
Caught by the sudden teasing in his voice and the unexpectedly chaste gesture of affection, Vai smiled, reaching out to rest her hand over his where it rubbed at his arm. ”At this rate the forfeit is going to be giving you a shoulder rub - and you have to keep still. No touching, no wandering fingers.” The look in her eyes was wicked, Vai stepping back from Zeph to aim another arrow, shooting it this time into one of the other targets.
”You okay to keep going?” she asked, nodding at his arm.
