[The movement is slow, but it's not entirely because of his vision swimming. It's just the thing about being so entwined with another person. Their space becomes yours. The memory of them is left everywhere.
There had been his hand on a cheek.
Alhaitham turns his hand, the key, the knob. The door is nudged open with just enough force it can swing open on its own.]
Are you looking to be useful? [His free hand reaches to flicker on the light, thought he keeps his head bowed from the light that floods. The apartment itself is normal enough, with some of the base furniture having been replaced with slightly nicer wood counterparts. The linens are shades of green. There are paintings hung upon the wall, and ugly little pots and statues on various surfaces that stick out from the rest. The kitchen counter has a fruit bowl--mango and oranges this time. There's a desk with a computer on it in one corner. In another is a workbench with forgotten power tools. Two of Kaveh's scarves hang beside a closet door. In truth, many of these things are Kaveh's.
Alhaitham pulls against Heine's grip in a lead towards the couch.]
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There had been his hand on a cheek.
Alhaitham turns his hand, the key, the knob. The door is nudged open with just enough force it can swing open on its own.]
Are you looking to be useful? [His free hand reaches to flicker on the light, thought he keeps his head bowed from the light that floods. The apartment itself is normal enough, with some of the base furniture having been replaced with slightly nicer wood counterparts. The linens are shades of green. There are paintings hung upon the wall, and ugly little pots and statues on various surfaces that stick out from the rest. The kitchen counter has a fruit bowl--mango and oranges this time. There's a desk with a computer on it in one corner. In another is a workbench with forgotten power tools. Two of Kaveh's scarves hang beside a closet door. In truth, many of these things are Kaveh's.
Alhaitham pulls against Heine's grip in a lead towards the couch.]