[ As it turns out, she likes his hands on her hips just as much as she likes it on her cheek — in that she prefers the touch of bare skin, to her great surprise, but there's an appealing steadiness to him holding her by the hips. Her mouth feels dry, so her tongue presses out to wet her lips while she shifts her weight, trying to get an idea for how sitting in his lap is gonna go, the overall effect of which is some vague squirming. ]
Okay?
[ She's strangely invested in him approving this move for someone who'd just spelunked in his brain. But it had been hard to coax him towards that before, and as far as Kira is concerned, this is more. Much more. Pain is mundane, universal. Intimacy is scarce and precious and terrifying.
Reaching up, she mimics him. Returning the favor, really, as if to show him why it has managed to soothe the monster. She cups his cheeks in both her hands, though hers are so much smaller than his. His hand dwarfs her whole face. There's something fascinating to touching his face in this way too. She'd done it to probe his mind before. But it's not utilitarian now — it's exploratory, and she makes note of the bony prominences of his cheekbones and the galaxy of moles mottling his pale skin in a way she hadn't before. ]
no subject
Okay?
[ She's strangely invested in him approving this move for someone who'd just spelunked in his brain. But it had been hard to coax him towards that before, and as far as Kira is concerned, this is more. Much more. Pain is mundane, universal. Intimacy is scarce and precious and terrifying.
Reaching up, she mimics him. Returning the favor, really, as if to show him why it has managed to soothe the monster. She cups his cheeks in both her hands, though hers are so much smaller than his. His hand dwarfs her whole face. There's something fascinating to touching his face in this way too. She'd done it to probe his mind before. But it's not utilitarian now — it's exploratory, and she makes note of the bony prominences of his cheekbones and the galaxy of moles mottling his pale skin in a way she hadn't before. ]