snow makes his knees ache. by Leekaara, literature
Literature
snow makes his knees ache.
oftentimes he wonders what it would be like if you melted when you touched his
forearm, his muscles tense beneath your fingertips, because his hands are curled
into wary fists, pretending he'll back up his brassy arctic words when you both know
he is too afraid of blood and bones to ever break or beat you. sometimes when he's
sad and you think he just needs someone to tell him everything will be okay, he
smiles fearlessly and claims he's ridden elephants in thailand through a blizzard
that tore skin from his invincible frame while bandits galloped on silver stallions,
wielding swords of only the finest gold in their rights hands and re