Nikolai lets her draw him with her, chases her back up to the pillows where he can cover her body with his own. Press his smile into her shoulder. Doesn't think of how when he'd knelt, it hadn't been only for Alina as he might have wanted it to be. It had, inevitably, been for the shadow at her back. ]
What else did you like?
[ A soft prompt, as Nikolai braces one hand on the mattress so he might tug the fabric of his shirt up and over his own head. The wound is laid bare, but Alina has already seen this too. (The Darkling's veiled threat is held at bay too, given no space in which to intrude.)
He puts his mouth to the underside of her jaw. The points of those bones graze his chest. ]
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Nikolai lets her draw him with her, chases her back up to the pillows where he can cover her body with his own. Press his smile into her shoulder. Doesn't think of how when he'd knelt, it hadn't been only for Alina as he might have wanted it to be. It had, inevitably, been for the shadow at her back. ]
What else did you like?
[ A soft prompt, as Nikolai braces one hand on the mattress so he might tug the fabric of his shirt up and over his own head. The wound is laid bare, but Alina has already seen this too. (The Darkling's veiled threat is held at bay too, given no space in which to intrude.)
He puts his mouth to the underside of her jaw. The points of those bones graze his chest. ]
Do you want my mouth, Alina?