[ god, anime, and marriage counseling can only dream of rescuing them now, never mind a court of law.
Midnight pauses, then reaches behind Kaveh's neck, tugging him in only the two or three centimeters needed to feel the ends of his frizz, notes if it's too dry, if it's at least been combed through. ]
For someone who prides himself in subtlety in aesthetic, you really don't do much to put up a facade around others. Or perhaps I'm simply noticing these things for the first time.
[ Midnight takes a breath in, lets it drain out of his nose slowly, making a decision that is just as unpleasant for him as it will for Kaveh. ]
I've liberated your cot, love. Let's have a liedown, then. Both of us.
[ The gentle threat-and-promise behind the suggestion is quite clear: if Midnight's going to be fussed over, Kaveh will have to acquiesce to a certain level of fussing himself, or Midnight will find his own ways of getting underfoot. At this point, they both know this. They're at an impasse of mutual, tacit understanding on how hard they both work, tireless in all but the mortal coil. How long it will take for them to get from where they stand to the five or six steps they currently stand from the cot will all depend on how badly Kaveh would like to go down swinging. ]
crawls in. Lonetrail,
Midnight pauses, then reaches behind Kaveh's neck, tugging him in only the two or three centimeters needed to feel the ends of his frizz, notes if it's too dry, if it's at least been combed through. ]
For someone who prides himself in subtlety in aesthetic, you really don't do much to put up a facade around others. Or perhaps I'm simply noticing these things for the first time.
[ Midnight takes a breath in, lets it drain out of his nose slowly, making a decision that is just as unpleasant for him as it will for Kaveh. ]
I've liberated your cot, love. Let's have a liedown, then. Both of us.
[ The gentle threat-and-promise behind the suggestion is quite clear: if Midnight's going to be fussed over, Kaveh will have to acquiesce to a certain level of fussing himself, or Midnight will find his own ways of getting underfoot. At this point, they both know this. They're at an impasse of mutual, tacit understanding on how hard they both work, tireless in all but the mortal coil. How long it will take for them to get from where they stand to the five or six steps they currently stand from the cot will all depend on how badly Kaveh would like to go down swinging. ]