❝ against your cheek my hand is warm and full of tenderness. ❞ — hehe blanche also !!
The helmet had been melted, pressed to his flesh, almost grafting steel to skin from the burning touch of the Three Fingers. Just the same, the whole of the armor he wore had melded with his body where each and every movement is a tug upon unhealed burns. Yet it is the helmet that holds attention now, for only the visor could be lifted just enough to allow passage of food and water when necessary ( or to tear free an eye during a panicked fit ). With Vyke's daily jostling, he had torn skin until bleeding, only to find a silver lining in loosening the helm's hold upon him.
Yet never did he think he could remove any portion of his armor fully. Not without help, that is ...
He watches Blanche work, the one eye left to him holding its steady view of the maiden. Against the flickering of the firelight, the shadows shift around her features but never do they morph into the grotesque. She remains as she is in the daylight—soft, beautiful, a reminder ( for ... for what? Of who? ). Yet the pain that stabs into his head where the helmet pulls and twists as she tries to lift it, dares to ruin the view entirely. It blurs his sight, forcing him to wince and cringe away, as her fingers work carefully around the burn.
He knows she does not mean to hurt him, thus, he remains silent with only a strained grunt as flesh almost tears completely once the helmet finally lifts from his head. No longer is his hearing impeded, nor is his ability to feel the soft breeze of the outside air that which soothes the sting from the burn on the side of his face. Sullied strands of silver hair, now free, tickle against sore flesh, but before he could push it back, a certain warmth comes to it instead.
Movements still with tense hands ... Vyke's eye stares at Blanche once more—his sight has never been good since the Three Fingers, he wonders if she knows this with her words spoken. A quiet, resonant statement, filling him throughout, and forcing down the base instinct to push the foreign hand away. But one thing stands out among it: there is a calm to her touch. The tension flees, his breathing evens out, and almost his mind quiets completely.
❛ Yes ... ❜ It is a whisper he speaks, almost an exhale of breath, as he acknowledges her. The hand does not remove itself, and for that he is glad, as his head tilts and leans into her touch, of fingers that do not burn. ❛ Remain there awhile, won't you? ❜
@folie2deux !
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