I will hide that book, ( she threatens, idly, in case marcus thought julius might be being facetious; the fondness that curves her mouth belies it, a little embarrassed but not so much she won't brazen it out. it isn't, after all, as if he's wrong.
her tendency to be even in this a little bit apart...as much as it's something they've worked on (it is not an unpleasant project, julius attempting to white out her capacity for higher thought), and as much as it has shades of something much less safe to relax into, the newness of marcus here in their bed is fascinating in a way that she's inclined to let herself indulge.
she does want to see what he does. the sounds he makes, and when he makes them. how his body moves. what he reaches for; what he likes.
petrana likes to be good at things. she works very hard at it. this, too. but for now, where she is confidentβ )
I will rush ahead if you aren't careful, too. Use your fingers, Julius, I didn't fetch that oil for decoration.
( though her gaze snags thoughtfully on marcus's shoulders as she says it. )
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her tendency to be even in this a little bit apart...as much as it's something they've worked on (it is not an unpleasant project, julius attempting to white out her capacity for higher thought), and as much as it has shades of something much less safe to relax into, the newness of marcus here in their bed is fascinating in a way that she's inclined to let herself indulge.
she does want to see what he does. the sounds he makes, and when he makes them. how his body moves. what he reaches for; what he likes.
petrana likes to be good at things. she works very hard at it. this, too. but for now, where she is confidentβ )
I will rush ahead if you aren't careful, too. Use your fingers, Julius, I didn't fetch that oil for decoration.
( though her gaze snags thoughtfully on marcus's shoulders as she says it. )