tongue runs cautiously against the ends of front teeth, clearly displaying his caution. sure, he had hung around many female models in his time – but things like these were mostly taken care of by the artists. ❛ you realize this is already shitty, right? ❜ uncomfortably, fingers dip the brush back into the nail polish to ready another coat.
a grin, feather light, stretches pink lips, her free hand coming up to hide the incoming bout of laughter ( laughing with him, not at him ). the whole ordeal is absolutely endearing : the way his tongue peeks from between lips in concentration, & his fingers delicately painting small strokes onto her nails. he’s not doing half - bad. ❛ no, no! ❜ & in her quick response, that restrained giggle escapes, smile growing. ❛ you’re doing fine, baby. ❜
Tear brimmed eyes SQUEEZED SHUT, a few salt filled drops ran down the FAIR texture of her cheekas she clung to the taller woman’s shaking frame.With the WORST CASE scenario come to fruition this was ALL she could think to do and she wasabashedby the lack of placating things to say to the woman who had become a FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM to herself. At the sound of Liz’s voice, the former groupie pulled away just enough so that her TEAR FILLED gaze met the other’s.
❝ Why not ??? ❞ she just barely managed to croak. ❝ S-someone OUGHT TO, ❞ her head rested against Liz’s chest once more unable to BEAR seeing such a pillar of strength crumble before her eyes. It was just SO UNFAIR. Columbia could scream about how UNJUST it all was until her voice gave out (was that even POSSIBLE anymore ??? ).Despite the FURY which stirred within her and was beginning tocloud her better judgement, Columbia was ABLE to deduce why so muchdesperationwas present Liz’s voice because she was AFRAID to lose another. ❝ What do I got to LOSE ??? She can’t do nothin’ to me, ❞ At least she thought so. She wasn’t very FAMILIAR with her new situationor what COULD or COULDN’T hurt her.
a TREMENDOUS amount of effort is
required to come down from the intense high of adrenaline & grief racking her quivering frame, to quell her sobs into silent tears. she has to pull away from columbia’s tight, warm embrace, for fear of breaking down all over again. digits soaked in ichor come to try and wipe away the running makeup, the crying that’d stained her face, only to unknowingly further smear the splatters of sanguine already there. she’s a shaking mess of blood, sweat, & tears, with stains on her dress & a hole in her heart. hands wring themselves together, tired gaze locked to their continuous motion, in an effort to avoid columbia’s crying eyes. ‘ because, ‘ she takes a deep inhale, as if she’s forgotten to breathe, ‘ she – she doesn’t m - matter anymore. ‘ words are hard; she’s choking them out at a volume barely above a whisper. & thoughts of the countess are even harder, when tristan’s death is a broken record in her mind, the gruesome picture playing over & over again, only to remind her of the blood on her hands ( her fault – all her fault ).