Gasping, shaken, he shifts towards her so they can lean on one another. His whole body feels loose. He's trembling, and too lost in her to know or care. For several long moments, he simply lies undone and spent in her arms.
But gradually the lights in his mind start to flicker back on, and he turns his head slightly, lips brushing over her forehead.
"Oh," he says at last, very softly, much the same sort of 'oh' as she'd let out not half an hour before when he'd shown her the fishdive. She's knocked the breath out of him, dragged him down out of his brain and into his heart and body.
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Date: 2017-02-11 02:40 am (UTC)But gradually the lights in his mind start to flicker back on, and he turns his head slightly, lips brushing over her forehead.
"Oh," he says at last, very softly, much the same sort of 'oh' as she'd let out not half an hour before when he'd shown her the fishdive. She's knocked the breath out of him, dragged him down out of his brain and into his heart and body.