[ WELL MAYBE IF MERLIN ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING, certain things wouldn't be so sad. smh!
that said, athena does jerk a bit at the contact. she's never been touched there before, and her instinct is to grab him and throw him because it's such a different way of contact-- but she reminds herself that it's merlin. eventually, he'd probably be touching not just her thigh but something else entirely.
but who knows. ]
Ah. [ though it's more of an "mmph" that she makes when she's pulled closer to him. she can't help it. a hand moves from his back to cup his cheek, fingers playfully running through the outline of his ear to tickle him. ]
no subject
that said, athena does jerk a bit at the contact. she's never been touched there before, and her instinct is to grab him and throw him because it's such a different way of contact-- but she reminds herself that it's merlin. eventually, he'd probably be touching not just her thigh but something else entirely.
but who knows. ]
Ah. [ though it's more of an "mmph" that she makes when she's pulled closer to him. she can't help it. a hand moves from his back to cup his cheek, fingers playfully running through the outline of his ear to tickle him. ]