[ The latter is a ticklish and harsh scent, threaded through with the faint aroma of incense. He'd burnt it the day earlier, to mask the acridity of the freshly-painted walls, and it's left a tang of smoke and incongruous sweetness in the air. He watches as Korra kneels by the futon. Watery red light disperses itself through the interior by bouncing off both the ceiling beams and the laminated wooden walls; in the reddish gloom, the whites of her eyes and her teeth are pretty glints. It's actually an aesthetic shock to see her planted in the middle of this minimalist nightmare of a safehouse. Whoever had designed the place would've kicked her out for being too colorful -- but Hei enjoys the bright incongruity she offers. ]
[ He kneels too, his shoulder brushing hers, a small smile nicking the corner of his lips. ]
I didn't bring you here to nap on the futon.
[ Of course, he hadn't planned to bring her here -- tonight -- at all. But now that she's here, ideas are clustering and solidifying at the edges of his mind. He has no calender, no timetable, no roadmaps for encounters between him and Korra. He only knows that being near her makes him feel at once hungry all over and yet deeply satisfied just to be watching her. ]
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[ The latter is a ticklish and harsh scent, threaded through with the faint aroma of incense. He'd burnt it the day earlier, to mask the acridity of the freshly-painted walls, and it's left a tang of smoke and incongruous sweetness in the air. He watches as Korra kneels by the futon. Watery red light disperses itself through the interior by bouncing off both the ceiling beams and the laminated wooden walls; in the reddish gloom, the whites of her eyes and her teeth are pretty glints. It's actually an aesthetic shock to see her planted in the middle of this minimalist nightmare of a safehouse. Whoever had designed the place would've kicked her out for being too colorful -- but Hei enjoys the bright incongruity she offers. ]
[ He kneels too, his shoulder brushing hers, a small smile nicking the corner of his lips. ]
I didn't bring you here to nap on the futon.
[ Of course, he hadn't planned to bring her here -- tonight -- at all. But now that she's here, ideas are clustering and solidifying at the edges of his mind. He has no calender, no timetable, no roadmaps for encounters between him and Korra. He only knows that being near her makes him feel at once hungry all over and yet deeply satisfied just to be watching her. ]