relief floods tighnari's body from crown to toes, and his rapid breathing shudders, both hands lifting to his face. he needs a moment, a moment to come to terms with kaveh's kindness and willingness to help, with the fact that his world is not going to come crashing down around his ears, as he had half-expected it would. kaveh simply accepts what he is told, and tighnari feels a little guilty for having doubted him at all, when kaveh has been nothing but supportive and sweet from the moment they met.
soon he nods. ]
Okay. Okay..
[ the mirror is covered, which is for the best, he thinks, considering how often his gaze continues to flicker back toward it. his ears are still pinned back, his tail between his legs, but the hard set of his shoulders is beginning to relax as he scrubs the tears from his face, and sniffs.
and then he sets to work, snagging the hem of his undershirt and tugging it over his head. he wears nothing beneath it but his own skin, yet there's nothing to be anxious about, he thinks. he'd bared his entire heart to kaveh, this is nothing, in the face of what he has already exposed. kaveh makes him feel safe, tighnari fields no issue with him seeing his bare breasts. the shirt is discarded to the floor, and tighnari lifts his long, silky hair in one hand, then holds both arms up. ]
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relief floods tighnari's body from crown to toes, and his rapid breathing shudders, both hands lifting to his face. he needs a moment, a moment to come to terms with kaveh's kindness and willingness to help, with the fact that his world is not going to come crashing down around his ears, as he had half-expected it would. kaveh simply accepts what he is told, and tighnari feels a little guilty for having doubted him at all, when kaveh has been nothing but supportive and sweet from the moment they met.
soon he nods. ]
Okay. Okay..
[ the mirror is covered, which is for the best, he thinks, considering how often his gaze continues to flicker back toward it. his ears are still pinned back, his tail between his legs, but the hard set of his shoulders is beginning to relax as he scrubs the tears from his face, and sniffs.
and then he sets to work, snagging the hem of his undershirt and tugging it over his head. he wears nothing beneath it but his own skin, yet there's nothing to be anxious about, he thinks. he'd bared his entire heart to kaveh, this is nothing, in the face of what he has already exposed. kaveh makes him feel safe, tighnari fields no issue with him seeing his bare breasts. the shirt is discarded to the floor, and tighnari lifts his long, silky hair in one hand, then holds both arms up. ]
I'm.. I'm ready.