He leaned into the hand on his cheek. He felt like Faust when he wanted head scratches. If that hand pulled away, he’d shuffle closer to get more too.
“I’m going to unlock your other arm, okay? Try not to fall on me.”
He felt sensation on his other hand, but he kept focusing on trying to blink. She wanted to see his eyes, and apparently, he’d do anything for her.
A moment later, his hand dropped. The blood rushed into the limb, and immediately the pins and needles sensation started along with the burning in his muscles.
“Fuuuck,” was the first proper word he managed.
With his arm freed, his balance shifted, and he didn’t have the presence of mind to stabilize himself. He tipped forward and collided with a warm, soft body. He felt arms wrap around him as he slumped, and he heard her grunt of exertion when she caught him.
“By the Spheres, why are you so heavy?”
She hefted his weight, and he levered back until his spine hit the wall. To keep him from falling, she pressed her body against his.
“Sunshine…”
“Yes, it’s me. I came to get you. Can you open your eyes?”
He tried as hard as he could, blinking through the haze until he saw a darkish outline and vague impression of a familiar face. “You’re here.”
“You’re awake.” Cool palms framed his face. “Your head is covered in blood. What happened?”
“M’fine.”
“I can’t heal you until we get back to Earth, so we’d better get going.”
His eyes slid closed again, but not because he was passing out. Because it was the best feeling in existence to have her touching him like that.
“Feels nice,” he mumbled.
“What?”
“When you touch me.”
He opened his eyes again to find her frowning. Or at least that’s what the blurry shape of her face looked like.Perfect.Blurry or not, she was so damn perfect.
You’re perfect,” he told her, because it seemed important that he tell her. “Perfect ’n beautiful.” He squinted, trying to get her face in focus. “Skin’s so soft.”
“Are you drunk?” she asked, and he snorted.
“Drugged.”
“With what?”
“Necromancer…has a scorpion tail.”
Her eyes widened. “He’s venomous?”
Raum made a grunt of affirmation. Fuck, he was tired. How had Sunshine gotten here anyway? It was hard to think.
“Even more reason to get out of here. He was asleep, but he’s not now, and it’s only a matter of time before he figures out I’m here. It took me ages to find the key to your cell and those stupid manacles, and the guards kept waking up while I was searching, so I had to keep stabbing them.”
“Les’go then,” he slurred, leaning against her. Now that his eyes were focusing, the only thing he wanted to look at was her. Her body was mostly covered by a big ugly cloak, and that struck him as a shame. He wanted to see her naked. Hot damn, hereallywanted to see her naked.
“Where’s your shirt?” she asked.
“Murmur took it.” It was a wild guess. He hadn’t even been aware he wasn’t wearing one until right then.
