[there's no wince at the deliberate touch. there's also no fight to keep her away. a mixed bag.]
Oh, not wine. Much sterner stuff. Bread in a glass, if they have it.
[which will, tragically, probably actually help quite a bit to bring the color back into his cheeks and urge resilience back into his bones. it wasn't overly refined or remotely clever, but it had worked before and would almost certainly work again.
if, of course, he could convince his body to make it the rest of the way to the nearest pint of ale.
do his legs even lift? usually. his own body weight, at least. now, one hand reaches with a certain insistence for one of jude's, not to be pulled up but certainly to stabilize against the slight sway that had sent him to sitting in the first place.]
@steely
Date: 2025-01-06 02:18 am (UTC)[there's no wince at the deliberate touch. there's also no fight to keep her away. a mixed bag.]
Oh, not wine. Much sterner stuff. Bread in a glass, if they have it.
[which will, tragically, probably actually help quite a bit to bring the color back into his cheeks and urge resilience back into his bones. it wasn't overly refined or remotely clever, but it had worked before and would almost certainly work again.
if, of course, he could convince his body to make it the rest of the way to the nearest pint of ale.
do his legs even lift? usually. his own body weight, at least. now, one hand reaches with a certain insistence for one of jude's, not to be pulled up but certainly to stabilize against the slight sway that had sent him to sitting in the first place.]
But I'll buy you something civilized to sip on.