asharpertongue | Let your hair down. (Closed

Entry tags:

Let your hair down. (Closed - For Levi) Fairy tale plot!

Lara had been riding for a solid day when she finally saw the tower her employer had laid out for her in the map Lara had been given.

In the setting sun, she looked the place over from a vantage point on a hill opposite and bit her lip, wondering how she was supposed to get in. The high walls of the castle below were in serious disrepair. Some had crumbled to just piles of rubble and the ones that hadn't looked treacherous to her eyes even from this distance. Maybe she could scale them but she would likely start a rockfall and get buried underneath it. Not worth the risk.

The tower itself though...that seemed relatively unaffected. Not that it had been repaired or bolstered in any way, just that time and nature didn't seem like they had been inclined to touch it. If she'd been a betting woman, she'd have put money on the tower being no more than twenty or thirty years old. Certainly far younger than the stones of the walls below it.

It was also at least twice as high as the highest of the walls below it. Lara groaned as she realised the rope and grapple she had brought was never going to reach the small window at the top.

She sighed and kicked her horses flanks to get it moving. At the base of the tower she set camp and lit a small fire, laying out her bedroll and putting a pot on to boil. Maybe inspiration would come after a hot meal and some sleep.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Lara smiled. "That happens." She murmured as she finished the other cheek, dropping to sit on his lap as she lifted his chin to start on the underside. She worked in silence, gliding the blade over his adams apple carefully until she was happy that all the hair was gone. Tipping his chin down, she moved his head from side to side, checking everything over and then leaned over to get a fresh, damp towel to wipe away the excess oil. She shuffled back on his knee to look at him.

He was good looking before the shave but now? Now she was staring and couldn't remember what she supposed to do next. It probably didn't involve reaching out and smoothing her fingers over his newly revealed jawline but she couldn't help herself.

Levi thought it was strange how she touched his face but everything felt so smooth and sensitive he couldn't really bring himself to complain. It felt amazing and unlike anything he had sensed before. Even the roughness of her hands couldn't disguise how soft his skin was feeling.

"I probably look pretty silly," he said, flushing a bit as she changed her position in his lap.

"You really don't." Lara said, smiling at him. "You look very handsome. Not that you didn't before but now you look respectable and handsome." She teased. " Do you want to see?" She asked as she made to get off his lap, holding her towel closed.

"No! No, it's fine, it's fine for now," he said, not wanting her to move. For one, she might shift and feel how aroused he was (and she'd definitely noticed if he had to stand) but he also didn't want her to move from his lap. "And my face really feels lighter. Maybe.... maybe I should cut my hair?"

Lara relaxed back onto his knees again and smiled at him. She lifted a hand and ran it through his hair, pulling it over his shoulder to look at it. "It's beautiful." She conceded, and it was. Lara was a little mesmerised by it. Or maybe it was the proximity. She hadn't been close to someone like this in a while.

"Would you like me to do it?" she asked.

Levi flushed just a bit at the compliment. He tried to take good care of his hair so it was nice that someone appreciated that. Even if they were just about to cut it off. Still, he could live with that, especially if it got him out of here.

"Yes, I don't trust myself to do it," he said.

"I'll be gentle." Lara said without really thinking about it. She wasn't gentle. She was a bandit and a sell-sword. She didn't do gentle.

Except that apparently she did for Leviticus.

Moving slowly, she reached for the knife again. This wasn't the best angle but she couldn't bring herself to move. His strong thighs were warm and real under hers and she was enjoying it. Pressing a little closer to get the length of his hair gathered in one hand, she set the knife at the nape of his neck, pressed against the thickness of the hair in her hand. "Ready?"

"Just do it before I change my mind," he said, giving her an unsteady smile. The proximity of her was distracting but that was a good thing. That way he didn't have to think about what was happening too much, about how for the first time in his life his hair was going to be cut. But he wanted this, because it meant leaving the tower. Leaving the tower with her which seemed oddly comforting. He didn't know anything about the world and she made him feel safe.

Lara made the stroke practically before he'd finished the sentence. Short and sharp...that was the way to get these things done. The weight of the hair in her hand was much more than she expected and she couldn't believe he'd been carrying this around for all his life. She brought it round in between them and showed it to him.

"First cut is the hardest." She said, laying the long, thick tail over her knees and setting about the rest of his hair. She wasn't a barber, but she could make it neat at least and she trimmed until it looked respectable, shortish around the sides and a little longer on top.

Carefully, she pulled his head down until his forehead was resting on her chest and she could see the back to tidy that up too. It was an intimate position and she couldn't help arching under the weight of his head, some instinctual behavior, putting herself on display for him a little. Maybe it was to distract him a little from the shock of the cold air on his neck, either way, she was warm and comfortable and when she finished, she lingered, not wanting it to be over.

Levi kept his eyes close as he felt Lara cut off his hair, concentrating on his breathing. It also helped the she pressed his head into her chest, which was very distracting. She really had a very nice chest and that was... incredibly exciting for him and a good distracting. It felt like she was maybe even pushing them up. By the time it was done and he felt the air on his neck his head felt incredibly light.

"Is that... is that it? I kind of thought it would hurt."

"I'd imagine it'd be a relief after carrying that around for your whole life." She said, setting her blade aside with one hand and leaving the other resting on his neck. "How does it feel?" She asked, stroking the newly bared skin with her thumb.

"It feels strange," he said, giving a bit of a laugh. He wasn't sure if his head was leaning forward because of the sudden lack of weight or just because he didn't want to move it away from her chest. After a moment's thought he decided that it was because her chest was amazing. "I like it though."

Lara chuckled and pulled his head back by his now short hair. "You like the hair or my chest?" She said, tone playful.

Busted.

"Ah, well..."

He could feel his face flush at the accusation. Growing up in the tower he'd never had a lot of experience with lying. There wasn't much need except on occasion to his father but that was it. Plus, he didn't like lying.

"It, um, well it's a very nice chest."

Levi was blushing and the tips of his ears, which she hadn't been able to see before, were glowing pink. It really was quite a fetching look on him. Lara let his hair go but didn't move her hand, stroking through the newly short hair there.

"I'm glad you appreciate it." She said and suddenly she was curious. "Before me...had you ever seen a woman? Naked or otherwise?"

"In works of art, I have a book here with sketches of some of the greater paintings and sculptures but, ah, no, I have never seen one in person that I can remember," he said, face flushing as he glanced away, suddenly aware of how little experience he had in literally every aspect of life.

Lara shook her head and slid a hand over his jaw, gently turning his head back to face her. "Don't be embarrassed. Everyone was as you are once. Even me." She said, though she had a hard time remember if she had ever been as innocent as Levi seemed to be. If she had it'd been short lived.

This wasn't getting Levi any further down the tower though. She shook the feeling away and smiled at him. "I'm sure when you come back with me we can find you a sweet girl to help you with that. If that's what you'd like."

"Except how will anyone ever compare to the woman who rescued me from the tower?" Levi asked with a smile, reaffirming in his mind that he would leave with this woman. There was an entire world out there and he was determined to see at least more than just his tower's worth.

That was positive and Lara smiled broadly. "Well, maybe the woman that rescues you from the tower could be persuaded to take you on other adventures, should you so wish." She said, eyes bright with mirth. Lara was relaxed and tense at the same time. She wanted to complete her mission and get Levi down the tower, but there was a part of her that also wanted to stay like this, perched on his lap, warm and comfortable. Speaking of being perched on his lap...she should really get up.

"Well...You're groomed neat and tidy. I think my work here is done. I should dress." She said and reluctantly made to get up.

"Shouldn't we wait until tomorrow so we have a full day of light to travel by?" Levi asked. While he'd never been out of the tower he had read stories about things that took place outside the tower. He'd educated himself on how to travel and what you could and couldn't eat. It was all theoretical but it was all Levi had.

"The soldiers around the tower are usually asleep just before dawn and wake up shortly after before they're relieved of duty."

There were soldiers? Lara hadn't seen any, but maybe she'd been lucky to avoid them, plus she had scaled the tower itself rather than going through the base itself so maybe that's why. Still it made leaving a trickier prospect. She hummed and settled back into his lap while she thought.

"You're right. We should wait til morning." She said and smiled at him. "What shall we do to entertain ourselves until then?"

"I, uh, I usually read but... I don't have any new book sand I've already read these several times over," Levi admitted, feeling somewhat foolish to lead such a boring life. He must seem incredibly dull.

"I just finished exercising before you showed up. Honestly I usually start washing my hair now because it takes forever to clean but... not much need for that now."

She cocked her head to the side. "What do you do for exercise up here? I mean it's not like you can run or jump very high." He was very well built for a man that couldn't do those things though. She looked down his chest and arms and she suddenly wanted very much to see what his routine looked like. Swallowing, she stood up quickly and turned away to get control of herself. "Pay that no mind. That's none of my business." The deal she'd made hadn't included deflowering the man. He had an effect on her and she'd let herself get wrapped up in the warmth and comfort of him. Warmth and comfort weren't part of Lara's life, for the most part.

She cleared her throat and pulled her towel tighter around her. "I should dress."

"I can show you of you want!" Levi said, almost blurting it out. His routine wasn't anything special but he'd gotten so good at it he wanted to show her. Not just because she was the first woman he's ever seen but he wanted to show someone before he left. "It's not really a bother."

Lara paused and then turned to look at him. He looked so keen...she couldn't bring herself to stop him. "Well, if you're certain you don't mind me watching..." She said, grabbing one of his loose shirts and dropping it over her head. It was too big and fit her like a dress, one shoulder falling halfway down her arm but she didn't care. His enthusiasm was infectious and she couldn't help grinning as she walked over to his bed and sat on the edge, legs crossed. "I'm ready. Go ahead."

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject