↪   TONGUE.

a  tricky  part .  seemingly built  for  one  purpose,  but  capable  of  so  much  more .  it’s  not  just  pure  lust  or  gluttonous  intentions  that  define  the  tongue,  but  joyous  laughter  that  rolls  off,  catching  a  snowflake,  talking  so  fast  you  can  barely  keep  up .  sometimes  you  can  get  carried  away,  lost  to  the  flavors  and  sensations  of  new,  always  itching  to  try  more,  and  sometimes  you  forget  when  to  hold  yourself  back  and  restrain  your  eagerness .  the  tongue  is  passion,  of  every  good  and  negative  connotation  implicit  in  that,  exemplified .  in  their  kiss,  you  can  taste  revolution .  chase  it,  lose  yourself  to  the  sensations  and  wallow  in  it  until  everything  else  can  fade  away  to  nothing .  it’s  the  one  luxury  you  can  allow  for  yourself,  after  all  that  you’ve  endured .  stop  biting  down,  be  free.

   ❛  do  you  know  how  pleased  i  was  when  i  saw  you  ?  ❜                                                                            @notanodriscoll​​ .

                                                      she  had  been  lucky,  her  arm  barely  grazed  by  the  bullet  that  had  been  shot  in  her  direction,  obviously  trying  to  cause  her  serious  harm  or  go  for  the  ultimate  end  goal,  kill  her.  those  god  damn  o’driscolls.  it  had  only  meant  to  have  been  a  quick  trip  into  valentine  to  pick  up  some  more  medical  supplies  as  she  was  running  low,  bickering  with  arthur  after  he  insisted  that  he  come  with  her.  she  supposed  now  she  should  be  thankful  that  he  accompanied  her,  merely  assuming  that  if  he  hadn’t,  she  could’ve  been  the  one  lay  dead  somewhere,  a  bullet  in  her  head  instead  of  those  o’driscoll  boys  they  encountered.  

        it was becoming common-place for kieran to have restless nights spent with one eye open, afraid that if he slipped out of consciousness he may not wake again. it wasn’t as bad as it had been when he was with the o’driscolls, now he has some faith that the people he had been captured by were good enough folk. it doesn’t make him any less paranoid when it’s in the middle of the night and he thinks he hears a bump in the night, so to speak.  

        what isn’t common-place is for someone to comment on it when he’s in a fit looking around camp to try to determine what had caused him to jump out of his sleep, clammy and scared, flinching away when rose asked him if he was alright.   

        “ – yeah.. i – i’m fine.”    he pats down the rags he was currently wearing as sleep wear,  and adjusts the position he had resting against the rock behind him.  “ .. ‘m sorry. I hadn’t meant to wake you,  miss.”   it was the only explanation he could come up with as to why she’d be awake at this hour of the night. 

                                                      the  woman  had  been  unable  to  settle  for  the  night,  which  was  somewhat  unusual  for  her,  she  wasn’t  the  type  to  fall  asleep  the  moment  she  shut  her  eyes  but  she  definitely  wasn’t  the  type  to  still  be  lay  awake  hours  later  either.  hence  why  she  had  risen  from  her  bedroll  and  made  her  way  to  the  still  lit  campfire,  deciding  she  may  as  well  brew  some  coffee  if  she  were  to  stay  awake  and  try  to  make  it  through  the  rest  of  the  day.  

                                                      halfway  through  her  first  “patrol”  around  horseshoe  overlook  with  a  freshly  brewed  coffee  cupped  delicately  in  hands,  rosanna  passed  lenny  doing  actual guard  duty  and  gave  him  a  silent  nod  of  greeting  before  she  continued  on  her  way,  eventually  stumbling  across  kieran  who  also  happened  to  be  awake  at  this  odd  hour.  with  some  concern  to  his  skittish  behavior,  especially  in  the  middle  of  the  night  with  nobody  was  currently  around  to harass  him,  she  comes  to  a  halt  and  momentarily  observes  him  like  she’s  was  simply  watching  wildlife .