Warren was unable to look away as she turned to him, the bits of her formidable emotional armor sliding away as she spoke with the voice he was coming to believe was her true one. She'd already removed the tabard and outer portion of the scale that helped make up the surcoat, but she had been fiddling with the leather that helped bind the layers and pauldons together. Warren was long accustomed to the methods of removing the heavy bits of metal but he'd always taken for granted the location of where those straps converged. For him it was approximately his solar plexus, and while the spot was the same on her...
With an absentmindedness, Warren removed his gauntlets and set them aside as he had the night before. "It can... be tricky." He exhaled the last word, his mind screaming at how dumb he sounded, at how he shouldn't be presuming, about how
"Let me." He gave a smile that he couldn't be sure existed in the dark and reached for the strap, taking a deep breath as his fingers touched the leather band.
warm
He was surprised that it came undone so easily.
With an absentmindedness, Warren removed his gauntlets and set them aside as he had the night before. "It can... be tricky." He exhaled the last word, his mind screaming at how dumb he sounded, at how he shouldn't be presuming, about how
"Let me." He gave a smile that he couldn't be sure existed in the dark and reached for the strap, taking a deep breath as his fingers touched the leather band.
warm
He was surprised that it came undone so easily.
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