[And for a moment, Kaede fell silent. But the wobbling softness in the Bond persisted, its own warm-edged answer. She switched her tail out of the way when Chariot moved, curled it around her back when the other woman settled on her lap, and her cheeks felt very warm under her Bonded's touch.
She'd worried, the first time Chariot touched her. Now, she couldn't get enough of it; the brush of the Witch's fingertips settling on her cheekbones, the softness of her palms.]
I don't give that to just anyone. [Trust was a precious, fragile resource in Kaede's mind. Hard to give, easily broken as porcelain. But Chariot hadn't given Kaede so much as a reason to doubt her, in all this time.] Be careful with it.
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You did.
[And for a moment, Kaede fell silent. But the wobbling softness in the Bond persisted, its own warm-edged answer. She switched her tail out of the way when Chariot moved, curled it around her back when the other woman settled on her lap, and her cheeks felt very warm under her Bonded's touch.
She'd worried, the first time Chariot touched her. Now, she couldn't get enough of it; the brush of the Witch's fingertips settling on her cheekbones, the softness of her palms.]
I don't give that to just anyone. [Trust was a precious, fragile resource in Kaede's mind. Hard to give, easily broken as porcelain. But Chariot hadn't given Kaede so much as a reason to doubt her, in all this time.] Be careful with it.