oh, but what little steadiness laudna had amassed for herself was stolen away in the time they spent away from each otherโthe horror, the rage, the ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐.
it feels like kissing the sun, or maybe caressing a bolt of lightning, lips and tongue meeting a hunger in the pit โ
her cheeks color, but she is being pulled into a kiss before she can object โ something about stutters and awkward, failed pick up lines โ which is effective enough in soothing her mind into quiet.
imogen melts, almost putty in laudnaโs hands and she sighs against her lips. โข
laudna can't put to words how it makes her feelโto be seen in that way. a sweet wonder that is followed closely by the chill of persistent fear.
but this is no day for fear. she's had enough of those already.
"such a smooth talker."
she cradles imogen's chin in her hand, โ
ใ oh โโ hush, you. ใnot that she minds . . .
her head tilts into laudnaโs touch and she lets her look, though her scars seem to itch in response to the lingering gaze and she refrains from fidgeting. a sigh, wistful. ใ ๐ฆ๐๐ขโ๐๐ beautiful. ใ
doesnโt she see? there is โข
it makes her uneasy, more than anything, this slick feeling in her blood that comes from somewhere ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ her, that cold place that is the legacy of the very castle she is stepping upon.
laudna suppresses a shiver, and manages a nervous smile instead. this is the lady โ
a step closer is taken, so a hand may catch the one rubbing at a clipped ear. she holds her wrist and leans closer, a kiss placed to a sunken cheek and then another, in nigh - reverence, pressed lightly to a gold capped point. ยป
"only as pretty as your laugh."
her smile widens as laudna pushes a stray strans of hair behind imogen's ear, studying the lines of her face.
she had the sinking feeling that imogen has changed in the time they were separatedโand laudna is the same. only darker.
the bridge of her nose crinkles delightedly and her laugh is a stuttered breath, palms raising to cradle laudnaโs face as her head tips back to look at her properly.
ใ your smile is gorgeous, you know. ใ