Basorexia for Perc'ahlia? ;; v;;
basorexia: an overwhelming desire to kiss (ho dang i love this, yeeeeesssssss moar kisses)
The real question is, when does Vex ever not want to kiss him?
Most of the time, when she wants to kiss him, she does it. After he gives her arrows she'll lean up, hand on his shoulder to pull him down a little to her height, and peck him on the cheek; in Whitestone, the kisses had been softer, kinder, meant as comfort and reassurance; after he'd titled her in Syngorn, she'd taken his face between her hands and pressed her lips to his, not trusting words to express the depth of her feelings - because she has a lot of them, and not much practice in letting them out, and she so very, very badly wants to tell him.
But she won't. Hence the kisses.
But there are other times, too, like when he does something especially clever and it works, and his whole face lights up like a child given a Winter's Crest gift, or when they come out of a close-won fight and adrenaline and fear thrum in her veins, desperate - especially now, with Glintshore still looming large behind them - to know that he is here and safe and that he lived through the fight as she did.
Down in his workshop, too, when he's intent and focused, nimble hands working little miracles upon her arrows, her broom, or whatever else he’s working on on that given day; she wishes, quite often and usually only in the privacy of her own bed, that his hands would work miracles on her, too, and she has to remind herself not to kiss him in case he drops an arrow and blows both of them up.
And then their talk in the woods happens, so much said and still more left unspoken, and just as he turns to walk away Percy doubles back and he’s the one kissing her, tipping her face up til he can lean down to it, cupping her face in his hands, and she practically falls against him and oh, oh no, this isn’t going to make wanting to kiss him any easier to push away, is it?
