[ Gee darnit, he'd just been remembering how to breathe again and then she goes and touches his face.
He freezes all over again, rigid, and she might think it's just the sensitive bruising on his cheek. But honestly, he forgets all about being hurt just then, instead singularly drawn into the warm touch of her fingertips on his skin.
He's so drawn into it, in fact, that he doesn't realize how he's leaning into her touch until a moment later, and he straightens bolt upright as if he's been shocked. ]
Um - oww...! It...sure stings!
[ It doesn't. But he needs to ascribe that reaction to something. God, he's a total mess right now. He's got to be concussed. ]
Buuut I mean - nothing a few painkillers and bandaids won't fix up, I'm sure!
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He freezes all over again, rigid, and she might think it's just the sensitive bruising on his cheek. But honestly, he forgets all about being hurt just then, instead singularly drawn into the warm touch of her fingertips on his skin.
He's so drawn into it, in fact, that he doesn't realize how he's leaning into her touch until a moment later, and he straightens bolt upright as if he's been shocked. ]
Um - oww...! It...sure stings!
[ It doesn't. But he needs to ascribe that reaction to something. God, he's a total mess right now. He's got to be concussed. ]
Buuut I mean - nothing a few painkillers and bandaids won't fix up, I'm sure!