( He tightens his grip, humming in the back of his throat, breathing steady and wishing, idly, he could be a particular kind of crueler still. Curbing in teasing tendencies that fail to have the followthrough he'd wish, he settles for pressing a kiss to Lan Zhan's cheek, hair caught between lips and skin. He settles his chin again, and the grip he has in Lan Zhan's hair returns to a sort of finger combing, where he can find the pathways in Lan Zhan's gathered and tended locks. Coaxing them out of their collection, little by little. )
By request.
( He says, tone pitched toward chipper. Dropping back down, quieter: )
Mostly.
( There are the unwitting cruelties, the ones which are known and acted on. He sighs, softened sound, fingers curling to catch Lan Zhan's hair in their crooked talons. )
no subject
( He tightens his grip, humming in the back of his throat, breathing steady and wishing, idly, he could be a particular kind of crueler still. Curbing in teasing tendencies that fail to have the followthrough he'd wish, he settles for pressing a kiss to Lan Zhan's cheek, hair caught between lips and skin. He settles his chin again, and the grip he has in Lan Zhan's hair returns to a sort of finger combing, where he can find the pathways in Lan Zhan's gathered and tended locks. Coaxing them out of their collection, little by little. )
By request.
( He says, tone pitched toward chipper. Dropping back down, quieter: )
Mostly.
( There are the unwitting cruelties, the ones which are known and acted on. He sighs, softened sound, fingers curling to catch Lan Zhan's hair in their crooked talons. )
No chance we're visiting the hot springs?