[ Her mouth twitches, corners lifting. There's something hardened in his gaze she doesn't care to pick apart, for once unwilling to let years of paranoia steer her into trying to find the edges and angles she's come to assume everyone is working with her.
It's a kindness, she can tell that much, for any given measure of how kind a Loki can be. So she slides her hand into his and lets him pull her to her feet, fingers twitching a little against his skin. It's different than yanking each other around a battle field. And perhaps there's an understand here that wasn't there before.
Do we trust each other? We do. And you can.
And... she's not quite surprised to find that she does. ]
If you laugh at me, I will find a puddle to drown you in.
[ There's only the pretense of heat behind the idle threat, and it shows more in the way she briefly squeezes his hand and looks at him with an attempt to remain passive that doesn't quite hide the hesitant curiosity bleeding through. For all she boasted about being more hedonistic than him, it's been a long time since she's indulged in anything.
The years have been lonely, and it's... nice not to be alone at this end of the world. Nice to relinquish the iron grip on her mission... if only to learn how to dance towards the end of it all. ]
positively princely :D
It's a kindness, she can tell that much, for any given measure of how kind a Loki can be. So she slides her hand into his and lets him pull her to her feet, fingers twitching a little against his skin. It's different than yanking each other around a battle field. And perhaps there's an understand here that wasn't there before.
Do we trust each other?
We do. And you can.
And... she's not quite surprised to find that she does. ]
If you laugh at me, I will find a puddle to drown you in.
[ There's only the pretense of heat behind the idle threat, and it shows more in the way she briefly squeezes his hand and looks at him with an attempt to remain passive that doesn't quite hide the hesitant curiosity bleeding through. For all she boasted about being more hedonistic than him, it's been a long time since she's indulged in anything.
The years have been lonely, and it's... nice not to be alone at this end of the world. Nice to relinquish the iron grip on her mission... if only to learn how to dance towards the end of it all. ]