╳ ┊❛ you give me an ache in my head.

His lips curl with a smirk at the color dusting fair cheeks, and wonders, as he often does when it comes to Tessa, what it is going through her mind. He would have loved nothing more than to sit and ask her, to pick away and find out what exactly made Tessa Gray Tessa. His rose to the top of her head and fell slowly down to her feet before he placed a hand over his heart, feigning offense.

          "I have fantastic legs,“ he said, kicking one out as if to show her. “And they are quiet magnificent without clothing. Would you like to see?” His smirk widened, brows rising as he continued speaking. “Nigel does enjoy stroking them quite a bit before we get to the fun parts. He treats me well, Tessa. I will not take lightly to you speaking ill of our love.”

                she wonders how jem deals with him, how hes managed it for so long with his sanity in tact. tessa, herself, feels hers slipping at times. doesn’t know how he does it. head shakes, refusal to give in     ;;     forges steel in the curve of her spine && lifts round of chin. naught but a game && she shall not forefit simply for the fact that his words, actions make her wish to run back to her room to stench this embarrassment, awkwardness instilled within her. she is better than that.   (  she’s lived with worse.  )

                ❛     i feel as if i could live a very long, happy life without knowing how your bare legs look, truthfully.     ❜          perhaps a smile would be best suited at this moment yet she knows any arch formed would be seen right through, all hesitant, tremulous curl.          ❛     i apologize to you && your love. in fact, i am relieved you have found someone to spend your time with. with your sunny disposition, it could not have been easy.     ❜