[ it's posed as rhetorical, she's certain. but she's made note of chishiya's curious needling, in times like these, like he needs a measure of what's normal. what her boundaries will accept. one incident of toeing out of line with her will have that effect, alina supposes.
still. she's hardly a rubric for what's ordinary. if it's commonplace to them — right to them — isn't that enough? she tries to chance a peek down at him before she concedes her attempt, head falling back to pillow against the wall. the lean line of her throat exposes itself, slender and swan-like, as her skull lolls to one side. ]
No. I enjoy being the favorite.
[ it's dreadfully honest. terrifyingly so, even. at the very fabric of her is the same stupid girl that had been so easy to string along, to fool with reverence and adoration and acceptance, no matter how she's tried to rip those stitches out. tried to remake herself of stronger things than fluff and stuffing that can never truly plug the persistent, starved ache inside of her.
her fingertips tiptoe down his neck, ignoring the rabbit-hearted thump of her pulse. they slither past his collar, drawing patterns on what she can reach of his skin. ]
nsfw (?????) cw sluts live here
still. she's hardly a rubric for what's ordinary. if it's commonplace to them — right to them — isn't that enough? she tries to chance a peek down at him before she concedes her attempt, head falling back to pillow against the wall. the lean line of her throat exposes itself, slender and swan-like, as her skull lolls to one side. ]
No. I enjoy being the favorite.
[ it's dreadfully honest. terrifyingly so, even. at the very fabric of her is the same stupid girl that had been so easy to string along, to fool with reverence and adoration and acceptance, no matter how she's tried to rip those stitches out. tried to remake herself of stronger things than fluff and stuffing that can never truly plug the persistent, starved ache inside of her.
her fingertips tiptoe down his neck, ignoring the rabbit-hearted thump of her pulse. they slither past his collar, drawing patterns on what she can reach of his skin. ]
The role comes with certain perks.