touch meme || accepting!
there it is again. firm pressure of fingers on the back of his neck, just hard enough to sooth without causing any pain. krem relaxes under the touch, shoulders going looser even as he pushes back against it slightly. part of him wonders if dorian connects this gesture to their time undercover, realizes he did the same thing as a wordless reassurance back then. he almost hopes he doesn’t, knows dorian shies away from things involving that time. a faint smile crosses his face and he hums his acknowledgement of dorian’s presence behind him.
it’d taken a long time to get back here, after. for weeks following the Incident, dorian pulled back from krem’s touch as if burned. only after several attempts on krem’s part did dorian begin allowing even casual touches again.
❛ back already?? i was certain you’d be gone longer. ❜ he tips his head back to look up at the man, smiling and marking his place in the book with a finger.