07-30-2013, 11:55 PM
Sid knows that Hawksley, all of them aren't safe. Any one of them can turn in an instant. They could hurt her. And by opening up to them and trusting them she risks bitter betrayal, which would hurt all the more.
And yet when Hawksley folds his arms around her, Sid's arms wrap around his lean torso and she leans against him. A warmth like pure sunshine envelopes her. When he squeezes her he can feel her hands tighten against his back an instant before she relaxes, but she doesn't jerk or twist away from him. He rocks, says that she's. so. warm, and she laughs somewhere near his collar and says, "You're one to talk."
Then he's releasing her to go chasing after something else and Sid turns her face away in hopes that no one will notice it is a little redder than it was.
"Ah," she says in response to Sera's lack of knowledge. "Maybe, maybe Pan might know more. Or Jim. Did I give you Jim's number?" she asks Grace, who may or may not be hunting after Hawksley by then, leaving Sid alone (relatively speaking) with Sera. Sid closes the gap to the Cultist (or she closes the gap to Sid, or they close the gap to each other) and offers her a hug as well. And though she's concerned for the sharpness of Sera's figure beneath her arms Sid only says, "I'm going to," while twisting and pointing with her thumb abck over her shoulder. "I want to finsh this chapter before I go home."
She goes back to her couch or loveseat or whatever, stopping to give Grace Jim's number should she need it, but otherwise she prepares to lose herself again to her tome.
And yet when Hawksley folds his arms around her, Sid's arms wrap around his lean torso and she leans against him. A warmth like pure sunshine envelopes her. When he squeezes her he can feel her hands tighten against his back an instant before she relaxes, but she doesn't jerk or twist away from him. He rocks, says that she's. so. warm, and she laughs somewhere near his collar and says, "You're one to talk."
Then he's releasing her to go chasing after something else and Sid turns her face away in hopes that no one will notice it is a little redder than it was.
"Ah," she says in response to Sera's lack of knowledge. "Maybe, maybe Pan might know more. Or Jim. Did I give you Jim's number?" she asks Grace, who may or may not be hunting after Hawksley by then, leaving Sid alone (relatively speaking) with Sera. Sid closes the gap to the Cultist (or she closes the gap to Sid, or they close the gap to each other) and offers her a hug as well. And though she's concerned for the sharpness of Sera's figure beneath her arms Sid only says, "I'm going to," while twisting and pointing with her thumb abck over her shoulder. "I want to finsh this chapter before I go home."
She goes back to her couch or loveseat or whatever, stopping to give Grace Jim's number should she need it, but otherwise she prepares to lose herself again to her tome.