❰ the sweater-hand falls to his knee, and as hyper-aware as lalli usually is of any little bit of touch, it doesn't get so much as a passing thought. as if it's as fundamental a part of his reality as his own arm, or an extension of it that has never not been there.
then the weight of emil's head leans into the hand that adjusted his hair, and lalli stills, looking almost contemplative - adjusting to the reality in which that, too, is an extension of his arm. he props his elbow on the back of the couch, carefully (or as carefully as he can, at the moment), to make the act of holding the weight of emil's head a bit more sustainable.
to the thanks, he shakes his head a little. this isn't a 'thanks' kind of thing, is it? it might be. it doesn't feel like it, though. 'thanks' is when something is one-sided, when someone does someone else a favor, and he may have fixed emil's hair but emil did declare that he's getting him sweaters.
thinking back quite that far (to a whole minute ago, what a feat) sends his head spinning worse than it already was, and finally breaks his stare to close his eyes, letting his breath out slow through his nose. this part, the spinning, it's not great. it wasn't so bad when he was more distracted with the birthday talk, but now it's all he can think about. ❱
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then the weight of emil's head leans into the hand that adjusted his hair, and lalli stills, looking almost contemplative - adjusting to the reality in which that, too, is an extension of his arm. he props his elbow on the back of the couch, carefully (or as carefully as he can, at the moment), to make the act of holding the weight of emil's head a bit more sustainable.
to the thanks, he shakes his head a little. this isn't a 'thanks' kind of thing, is it? it might be. it doesn't feel like it, though. 'thanks' is when something is one-sided, when someone does someone else a favor, and he may have fixed emil's hair but emil did declare that he's getting him sweaters.
thinking back quite that far (to a whole minute ago, what a feat) sends his head spinning worse than it already was, and finally breaks his stare to close his eyes, letting his breath out slow through his nose. this part, the spinning, it's not great. it wasn't so bad when he was more distracted with the birthday talk, but now it's all he can think about. ❱