#((sobbing))

"... Um."

He's pushing the button again.

"... NO—"

He's FRANTICALLY PUSHING THE BUTTON AGAIN.

Watching somebody brush their teeth

it’s intimacy in unusual places. seeing their bare shoulder as they step out of the shower and ask you to pass them a towel. kissing with morning breath. they see you when you ugly cry, and get cut off in traffic, and take out your anger on a text book. you see them with the flu, talking in their sleep, exhausted from a day of work. you go to buy the groceries together: orange juice, eggs, a loaf of bread. none of it is mundane, not when you’re with them. you buy toothbrushes together in complementary colours and they sit together in your bathroom, perfect beside each other. you catch their eye in the mirror and for the first time, everything feels alright.

@h3artf3ltint3nt asked : 'slump' (I feel like it would be sweet for A-Yao but Shaoxi also works if you prefer ^^ ) - Send ’slump’ for your muse to fall asleep leaning against my muse.

She must be EXHAUSTED. Unlike his position, which largely requires him INDOORS doing sums and paperwork, though he frequently ran errands to and from different camps and followed up after battles - she was fighting in the ACTUAL WAR. As such, despite momentary STIFFNESS - frozen where he sits, brush hanging in the air as splotches of ink falls onto paper - he does not jolt away like his first instinct demands. It isn't her fault - it's just been too long since CONTACT meant anything pleasant.

There's work to be done. Documents to be delivered to N.ie M.ingjue's desk by sunup. People he has to speak to to make sure their supply chains stay moving. But he takes a moment to position her - gently guiding her head into a more comfortable position against his shoulder so that she might not have a crick in the neck when she awakes, plucking the half open book out of her hands and setting it to his stack on the side.

@villainyize​ asked   :   My God. You're afraid of me (to yanli)   -   SEND “MY GOD. YOU’RE AFRAID OF ME” FOR MY MUSE’S REACTION (ACCEPTING)