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| Jordan | Feb 4 2018, 12:33 PM Post #211 |
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Damita nodded and gave him a minute to sit up, then pulled the blanket around him tighter to keep him warm as she took his hand and led him to the couch a short distance away. She settled there and turned so her back was to the arm of the couch before leading him to sit right up against her. It wasn't something she would have done with anyone but Krys, but she reached for him and cradled his head against her chest, holding onto him tightly. "You can let it go. Staying strong right now is not something you need to worry about doing. You've been strong long enough. Let me take over for you for a while." |
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| Daniel | Feb 4 2018, 12:42 PM Post #212 |
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Krys had to work to keep from collapsing against Damita, but allowed himself to be drawn to her chest. His arms instinctively encircled her waist, and he couldn't help how tightly he held her back. Her words washing over him were more than enough to nudge him back into that place, feeling everything roiling beneath the surface erupt forth all at once. This time, however, she actually had her arms around him, begging him to accept realities that were nearly alien to him. The Darkling didn't even know why he wept for as long or as hard as he did, but it just kept coming until he literally had nothing left and fell asleep against her. Even in slumber the changeling's breathing was uneven for a while before finally settling into a deep, even rhythm. Two hours passed, and not a single nightmare moved through him before his eyes slowly drifted open again on the other side. |
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| Jordan | Feb 4 2018, 07:35 PM Post #213 |
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Damita held Krys as he wept against her, holding him until she felt him go limp against her. A soft smile spread on her lips and slid out from under him, knowing she would disturb him with her fidgeting if she stayed under him for too long. She grabbed a pillow and put it under his head, leaving him there as she moved back to the table and continued her work. SHe was satisfied that she'd done a good job by him, but did wonder if perhaps she didn't do too good of a job. However, he slumbered heavily on the couch, curled up under the blankets. Quietly as she could after finishing her list, she pulled the fitted sheet off the table and broke it down, putting it back away beside the wall separating the living area and the kitchen. By the time he woke she was back on the couch by his feet, curled up reading through some of her recipes and tilted her head as he moved. She reached out to place her hand on his calf and smiled softly at him. "Rest well?" |
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| Daniel | Feb 4 2018, 07:46 PM Post #214 |
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Krys felt Damita's presence beside him before she touched his calf, but he couldn't have flinched even if he'd been startled to. The Darkling looked up at his caretaker before slowly and cautiously sitting up, clearly testing the limitations of his movement carefully as he did so. He looked between Damita and the book she was reading, and gave her an apologetic smile. "I... feel better," he observed. "I'm... sorry... for what happened when you did that. To... to pause even for a moment to allow for what you brought out of me would've meant death." |
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| Jordan | Feb 4 2018, 08:06 PM Post #215 |
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Damita shook her head and rubbed her hand over his leg. "No need to apologize. It can happen with what I was doing. Massage can bring out emotions people didn't even know they had pent up. I won't say that it hurt to see you cry and not be able to comfort you, but I can understand why you wanted me to continue." |
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| Daniel | Feb 4 2018, 08:11 PM Post #216 |
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"I knew... somehow I knew that if you stopped... it would just come back when you started again," he admitted, sliding closer to her. He did not cross the line from his cushion to hers, and instead encapsulated himself with his own arms tight to his body and wrapped around his middle. Krys wanted more contact from her, wanted Damita to never stop touching him. However, at the same time he feared initiating that contact after having been so reluctant to it in the first place in the past. "I wanted you to finish... to just get it out. I... I don't know if that was all of it. It doesn't feel like it was, but my body doesn't scream when I move anymore." |
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| Jordan | Feb 4 2018, 08:16 PM Post #217 |
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Damita scooted closer to him and rest her hand on his shoulder. "It likely wasn't all of it, but you had a lot of knots in your muscles, and understandably so. I'm just glad I was able to help you." |
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| Daniel | Feb 4 2018, 08:20 PM Post #218 |
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"You've helped me so much," he replied. "I feel as though I could be bound in debt to you forever... but I would gladly serve a mistress as kind as you for the rest of my days than return to my master..." He rest his head against her shoulder then, taking a deep breath as he absorbed her presence. Krys let his hand rest on her leg, taking in Damita's scent, focusing on her and nothing else. It was easy for her to make the rest of the universe melt away, and he wondered if she realized her power over him. |
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| Jordan | Feb 4 2018, 08:24 PM Post #219 |
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Damita took in a deep breath as he spoke his words hitting her like a brick wall. Mistress. "Dios mio, Krys, I'm not your Mistress. I'm your friend, please... I hope you understand the difference." She brushed his hair back and pressed her palm to his cheek. "Because there is a huge difference." |
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| Daniel | Feb 4 2018, 08:36 PM Post #220 |
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Krys felt a spike of anxiety when he felt the emotion coming off of her in response to his words. Immediately he wanted to crawl up under a rock, but her touch kept him from falling back into old habits. He slipped an arm around her waist, taking a deep breath as his mind raced with what to say to fix it. The Darkling wanted to recover from his misstep, but had no idea where to begin. "I... I'm sorry," he whispered, for some reason her use of the word friend bothering him. It wasn't that he didn't see her as such. If he were honest with himself, Krys had become more emotionally attached to the woman beside him than that, and realized that her continued use of that descriptor only strengthened the argument that she could never see him as anything more. After nearly a month of being around her, Krys had grown a dangerously powerful emotional attachment to the woman. It was something he could never have risked while in his master's kingdom, but now he worried that he couldn't be anything more than a wounded animal in her eyes. It's why he tried so hard to be strong, but now faced a weakness he had no defense against. The Darkling may not have had any way to describe the feeling, but he wanted her to love him more than anything. |
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| Jordan | Feb 6 2018, 02:58 PM Post #221 |
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After so long of having Krys with her, Damita had formed an attachment of her own. Did she know it was love? Was it love? she didn't know, and couldn't know, not with how vulnerable he still was. She wouldn't allow herself to feel anything more than a protective instinct toward him despite how her heart softened toward him. She felt like she would be taking advantage of someone still so broken even after a month of being out of the prison he described to her. She shook her head and brushed his hair back, sighing softly as a smile settled on her lips as he used a word she was growing to hate hearing. He apologized for far too much, but she understood it. "No need to apologize, amor. Would you like to grab a shower, and then we could run into town for a couple of things? I need to get some more soap made today, and I'm running low on some of my supplies. Does that sound okay to you?" |
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| Daniel | Feb 6 2018, 03:14 PM Post #222 |
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Krys nodded his head a little, settling into the feeling of Damita's fingers moving through his hair. It was something he had found to be a most pleasant thing, and soaked it up whenever she offered it. When she posed the question, he looked up at her, his cheeks flushing slightly with embarrassment. "I... I don't trust myself to stand in the shower right now," he admitted. "I want to go with you... but I don't want to make you late. I'm still not moving anywhere fast... but at least I don't hurt anymore," he concluded. |
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| Jordan | Feb 6 2018, 03:48 PM Post #223 |
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Damita gulped slightly as he spoke, and thought back to that first day she'd put him in the shower, and the couple of times since. Nearly every morning she'd wake with his morning affliction pressed against her rear or lower back, and dear God the things that raced through her head because of that... She cleared her throat and rest her cheek on his forehead, almost wanting to kick herself for thinking that way when she then responded, "I don't mind helping you, amor. If you would like my help anyway. I'm not on a strict schedule here either. The shop closes at eight, and it's only two." |
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| Daniel | Feb 6 2018, 03:57 PM Post #224 |
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It was the Darkling's turn to swallow hard when Damita suggested helping him. The memories racing through her mind appeared in his as well, and while he was truly innocent of the things that she had fantasized over it did not make him immune to instinct. Krys had never been in a situation that allowed for such concerns to emerge, but the thought of her in such close proximity often excited him as much as it terrified him. He remembered a moment later that he was still very much naked beneath the blankets Damita had wrapped him in, and shifted a little. "I... would appreciate the help," he replied quietly after a moment. "Thank you." |
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| Jordan | Feb 6 2018, 04:06 PM Post #225 |
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Damita nodded and wrapped her arms around him, holding onto him tightly a moment before she slowly got back up, closing her book to set it behind her on the couch. "I'm going to change, then I'll help you in there." She smiled and moved down the hallway, stripping out of her shirt on the way down the hall. She threw the shirt on the bed, and the bra went next before she grabbed a tank with a built-in bra and pulled it over her head. Next, she shimmied out of her yoga pants and discarded the flimsy piece of satin that passed for her underwear before pulling on a pair of boy short underwear and padded back down the hallway, holding her hands out to him as she drew closer. "Come on." |
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