[As reluctant as she may be to, Lup allows Taako to pull himself up just to clean his face, her hands moving from his hair to his shoulders, refusing to lose the physical contact between them yet. Even if she's feeling so much more confident about where they are, there's something worrying about the idea of letting go of him completely, like it will all go sliding back to how it had been. She's just not ready to release him yet.
But then there's more and even Lup can't hide the concern that knits between her brows, feeling her stomach drop. What the fuck could possibly be left?!
Taako sighs, Lup's heart left fluttering in her chest at anticipation of what comes next, and then his face changes.
It's such small changes, new lines that show his age, the slightest slope in a few of his features. They are changes that the rest of the world couldn't possibly catch unless they had two pictures to compare. Even losing a portion of his beauty, Lup still thought he was more beautiful than anyone else. And honestly? Lup kind of wants to deck him. That dramatic of a setup for such a fucking small thing! Gods, she could kill him!]
Taako, you're--... [Okay, so maybe it isn't as big a deal to her, but it clearly means something more to her brother. She knows there's some significance to him, that they don't match identically, that they aren't mirror images of the other. Her usual response would be to brush it aside, call him an idiot, and move on. But Taako has always been the outlier. This situation requires a more delicate touch than Lup's usual. So instead, she reaches for her brother's face, cupping his cheeks in her hands, before she closes her eyes.
One hand moves, trailing to his nose, running over it, delicately tapping the end of it.] Hm, same nose as me. [Both of her hands drift to his cheeks again, trailing slowly back to his hairline.] Same fucking killer cheekbones too. [One hand slips back to run along the edge of his ear, while she hums approvingly, then it's slipping back down to glide over his chin, drumming her fingers under his jaw.] Same ears and chin too. I'd say it's safe to say we're still twins.
[Her hands move upwards, aiming to run over his eyes to trace over their similarly shaped eyebrows, but Lup miscalculates and absolutely sticks a finger up his nose instead. Which just has her eyes snapping open before she laughs, loud and unrestrained.] Hey, same nostrils too! That's good to know!
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But then there's more and even Lup can't hide the concern that knits between her brows, feeling her stomach drop. What the fuck could possibly be left?!
Taako sighs, Lup's heart left fluttering in her chest at anticipation of what comes next, and then his face changes.
It's such small changes, new lines that show his age, the slightest slope in a few of his features. They are changes that the rest of the world couldn't possibly catch unless they had two pictures to compare. Even losing a portion of his beauty, Lup still thought he was more beautiful than anyone else. And honestly? Lup kind of wants to deck him. That dramatic of a setup for such a fucking small thing! Gods, she could kill him!]
Taako, you're--... [Okay, so maybe it isn't as big a deal to her, but it clearly means something more to her brother. She knows there's some significance to him, that they don't match identically, that they aren't mirror images of the other. Her usual response would be to brush it aside, call him an idiot, and move on. But Taako has always been the outlier. This situation requires a more delicate touch than Lup's usual. So instead, she reaches for her brother's face, cupping his cheeks in her hands, before she closes her eyes.
One hand moves, trailing to his nose, running over it, delicately tapping the end of it.] Hm, same nose as me. [Both of her hands drift to his cheeks again, trailing slowly back to his hairline.] Same fucking killer cheekbones too. [One hand slips back to run along the edge of his ear, while she hums approvingly, then it's slipping back down to glide over his chin, drumming her fingers under his jaw.] Same ears and chin too. I'd say it's safe to say we're still twins.
[Her hands move upwards, aiming to run over his eyes to trace over their similarly shaped eyebrows, but Lup miscalculates and absolutely sticks a finger up his nose instead. Which just has her eyes snapping open before she laughs, loud and unrestrained.] Hey, same nostrils too! That's good to know!