For the minific letter meme: F!
Thank you so muuuuch!
This ask is for this minific meme!
F. An absent look or touch. (any character)
I decided to roll with a little minific for Giovanna and @trash-nerd's Azzurra because I'm not-at-all-quietly obsessed with them.
A touch so light it registered as presence and surprise, drawing her attention away from watching the sky shift in colors with evening's descent. The pads of Azzurra's fingers trailed over the soft skin on the inside of Giovanna's wrist, traced up along her thenar eminence, into her palm, then back again. Variations occurred with each pass: tracing a scar that bisected a line of Giovanna's palm, exploring the texture of an old burn wound from learning magic, following a tendon up into the muscle of her arm. Upon taking note of this slow affection, goosebumps rose on Giovanna's skin and Azzurra's fingers stroked over them with featherlight curiosity.
Giovanna could not recall a time that anyone had touched her with such… casual comfort. Her targets had touched her in their own ways, but they never touched her, personally, when their hands grasped at the person she wore as a mask. Beyond that, only a select few individuals were permitted to touch her. But this…
Azzurra's fingers shifted, tracing along the back of her hand, then around to dip into her palm again. Giovanna's fingers twitched; Azzurra gave a little chuckle, but never slowed in her slow exploration. Giovanna kept watching, hypnotized by the soft attention, warring with herself over asking why or what do you want or what if you stroked my hair like that?
Her cheeks warmed with something she didn't know the name of, frustrating and confusing. Giovanna turned her head away, toward the canals and the city just beyond the alcove she and Azzurra had tucked themselves into. Beyond this small space where they claimed some peace, Treviso sang with life, conversation and music floating across the water to reach them. But nothing could touch them here, not truly. Nothing except…
Giovanna curled her fingers, and Azzurra's touches stopped so they could hold on to each other.
