temple & arch

“What hath night to do with sleep?” John Milton

"could i do... a bunch of-" he repeats slowly, thoughtfully.

some   may   be   nsfw   and   /   or   be   triggering.   

01    :     TOUCH .

❝ i love this [ FABRIC ], it feels satisfying. ❞

❝ your touch. it leaves me breathless. ❞

❝ your touch is unlike any other. ❞

​❝ have you ever felt anything more comfortable? ❞

❝ feel this. what does it feel like to you? ❞

❝ i wanted to see what it felt like. ❞

​❝ touch it. i dare you. ❞

​❝ you felt ice cold when i touched you. ❞

​❝ you feel warm to me. ❞

​❝ i love the feel of [ FABRIC ] against my skin. ❞

​❝ i love the feel of your skin against mine. ❞

​❝ i would never touch anyone else. ❞

​❝ i love the feel of your hair between each of my fingers. ❞

​❝ don’t you dare touch me. ❞

​❝ i want to feel your lips against my own. ❞

​❝ i can feel your pulse. it jumped. ❞

​❝ let me give you a massage. ❞

❝ you feel like home to me. ❞ 

02     :      TASTE .

❝ i love the taste of you. ❞

❝ i can never forget that taste. ❞

❝ fair warning, it does have a bitter taste. ❞

​❝ no offense, you just aren’t my taste. ❞

❝ can i have a taste of that? ❞

❝ i have yearned for the taste of your lips. ❞

​❝ that tasted pretty good actually. ❞

​❝ it just left a really bad taste in my mouth so no thanks. ❞

​❝ nothing taste better than chocolate. ❞

​❝ i’ve got something you might want to taste. ❞

​❝ i will forever savor that taste. ❞

​❝ blood has such a metallic taste. ❞

​❝ my taste buds are mad at me after eating that. ❞

​❝ how’s it feel to get a taste of your own medicine? ❞

​❝ you didn’t even taste it. ❞

​❝ trust me, you’ll want to taste this. ❞

​❝ i think it has a bit of bitter sweet taste. ❞

❝ so you tasted it, did you like it? ❞

03     :      SIGHT .

❝ i see you. ❞

❝ i’ve never seen things so clearer than i do now. ❞

❝ it’s too dark, i can’t see anything. ❞

​❝ how can you see anything? it’s pitch dark. ❞

❝ i’ve looked close enough and i see you for what you are. ❞

❝ please, just look at me. ❞

​❝ stop staring at me like that. ❞

​❝ get that light out of my face. ❞

​❝ it’s so bright outside today. ❞

​❝ what’s wrong? what did you see? ❞

​❝ you’re scared, you must have saw something. ❞

​❝ what i saw, you’ll never believe me. ❞

​❝ i’ve never seen you before. ❞

​❝ have we seen one another before? ❞

​❝ you see me for what i truly am. ❞

​❝ i didn’t see anything. ❞

​❝ did you see that? ❞

❝ i can’t believe my eyes. ❞

04     :      SOUND .

❝ shhh, i just heard something. ❞

❝ did you hear that? ❞

❝ what is that sound? ❞

​❝ i missed the sound of your voice. ❞

❝ do you hear me? stay away from me. ❞

❝ i hear you, loud and clear. ❞

​❝ i’m sorry, what was that? i didn’t hear you. ❞

​❝ i’ve heard that sound before. ❞

​❝ you didn’t hear anything at all? ❞

​❝ can you hear what they’re saying? ❞

​❝ aw, i love the sound of music. ❞

​❝ i never said i could hear them. ❞

​❝ wait, hear that? something is coming. ❞

​❝ i could hear screams … ❞

​❝ i heard you all the way upstairs. ❞

​❝ you didn’t just hear that? that sound? that noise? ❞

​❝ trust me, you’re going to want to hear this. ❞

❝ please, just hear me out. ❞

05     :      SMELL .

❝ what is that smell? ❞

❝ i have missed your smell. ❞

❝ you smell nice. ❞

​❝ it’s unlike anything i’ve smelled before. ❞

❝ i smell the food cooking from here. ❞

❝ do you smell that? ❞

​❝ how are you able to smell that? ❞

​❝ no offense but it really smells. ❞

​❝ it’s starting to smell. ❞

​❝ tell me, you’ve smelled this before. ❞

​❝ i know that smell, it’s the smell of lies. ❞

​❝ i can smell you from here. ❞

​❝ are you smelling me? ❞

​❝ i missed the smell of your hair. ❞

​❝ i need to step away, get some fresh air. ❞

​❝ do you smell that? that’s the smell of freedom. ❞

​❝ i could never erase your smell. ❞

❝ i’m charged with guarding the portal to another world, and you’re asking me to just let you through? ❞

❝ what do you want of me? ❞

❝ don’t forget the flowers! ❞

❝ are you all right? ❞

❝ want some breakfast? ❞

❝ look, i’m sorry about last night. ❞

❝ i lost my job. i’m sorry. ❞

❝ every man i ever envied when i was a boy has led an unremarkable life… so you don’t fit with the popular crowd. i take that as a very good omen. ❞

❝ i have something for you. a surprise. ❞

❝ i’ve never had champagne before. ❞

❝ there’s a big world out there. i’m gonna make my fortune. ❞

❝ for your hand in marriage, i’d cross oceans or continents. ❞

❝ i would go to the gold fields of san francisco, and bring you back your weight in gold… i’d go to africa and bring you back a diamond as big as your fist. or i’d go to the arctic and i— i’d slaughter a polar bear and bring you back its head. ❞

❝ people like you and people like me we’re just… not… ❞

❝ i should be going, it’s really late. ❞

❝ oh, please. you’re not annoyed about that whole murder thing, are you? ❞

❝ i’ve never opened it… it’s addressed to you. ❞

❝ do i look like i’m your mother? ❞

❝ you can help by leaving me alone! ❞

❝ you’re funny. ❞

❝ may i just say in advance that i am sorry? ❞

❝ nothing says romance like the gift of a kidnapped, injured woman! ❞

❝ how have we lived this way all these years? ❞

❝ don’t you ever sleep? ❞

❝ coming out is off the agenda. ❞

❝ don’t push your luck. ❞

❝ i know what you are… ❞

❝ one can never be too careful. ❞

❝ i’ll get you a seat. ❞

❝ heads or tails? ❞

❝ how do you know my… ❞

❝ so let me get this straight. you think you know we’re going the right way because, and i quote, ‘i just do.’ ❞

❝ please don’t do this again. ❞

❝ has excessive begging or pleading ever persuaded me to spare the life of a traitor? ❞

❝ please, let me ride with you. ❞

❝ maybe providence sent me to you just as it sent you to me. ❞

❝ how do you like your bath? warm, hot, or boil-a-lobster? ❞

❝ let’s get you out of your wet things, shall we? ❞

❝ i’m just glad you’re feeling better. ❞

❝ you seem happier in yourself. ❞

❝ you have no idea what you’re meddling with! ❞

❝ they’re going to kill us, aren’t they? ❞

❝ i used to watch people having adventures… i envied them. ❞

❝ you ever heard the expression, be careful what you wish for? ❞

❝ you saved my life. thank you. ❞

❝ do you have any idea what this means? ❞

❝ there’s nothing more to tell you. ❞

❝ this was a way for me to prove how i felt. ❞

❝ murdered by pirates… heart torn out and eaten… meet ____… i can’t quite decide which sounds more fun. ❞

❝ this is the part where you tell me who you are and why you’re here. ❞

❝ that’s one lie too many, ____. ❞

❝ ever try to get blood stains out of a silk shirt? nightmare. ❞

❝ when i’m done, your own mother won’t recognize you. ❞

❝ honey, you’re wearing a bathrobe. ❞

❝ why fight to be accepted by people you don’t actually want to be like? ❞

❝ you’re being very rude. ❞

❝ reputations, you know. a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy. ❞

❝ are you mocking me? ❞

❝ i don’t trust anyone. ❞

❝ you seriously think i could kill anyone? ❞

❝ everlasting life? i imagine it would be kind of lonely. ❞

❝ you know when i said i knew little about love? well, that wasn’t true… i know a lot about love. ❞

❝ i know that love is unconditional. but i also know it can be… unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable, and… strangely easy to mistake for loathing. ❞

❝ i’m trying to say, ____, is… i think i love you. ❞

❝ my heart, it feels like my chest can barely contain it. like it doesn’t belong to me anymore. it belongs to you. ❞

❝ i warned you. save your strength. ❞

❝ i’ve been so worried about you. ❞

❝ excuse me? i think you’re in my bath. ❞

❝ you know what i want. ❞

❝ you must have a death wish. ❞

❝ are you talking to me? ❞

❝ you look awful! ❞

❝ how do i know you can be trusted? ❞

❝ we have to learn to live with each other. ❞

❝ i couldn’t have done that without you. ❞

❝ i thought i’d lost you. ❞

honestly, could anyone pay attention when they're allowed to see someone as ridiculously fit as his girl? but he's not all base instinct and what have you, he has some sense of decorum! it just takes a beat or two for it to return, you see.

"...huh? oh, here-" it's his job to come swooping in with the towel to make the switch smooth and her less prone to chattering teeth and he's already failing! "sorry, so which one more, then?"

"on purpose is my bet," says bod as he whips the towel around her shoulders and yoinks the wet jumper from her fingers all in one go.

but he reminds her gently what the topic of their conversation is --- was --- is; her brow pinching for a moment as she tries to remember just where her mind was not a moment before. oh yes, the part about whether all of this was accidental or not. it really isn’t a question, now is it? he knows her well enough to guess without her even finishing the story.