iris could never close her arms, or her heart, to barry.
her whole body practically sighs into his the moment he moves toward her instead of away, iris wrapping her own arms around him to bring him further in. there is so much that she can't shield him from. there are so many ways in which she cannot rescue him, for all the other ways in which she has. she cannot protect him from his grief or his anger, but she can protect him from his loneliness, so long as he allows her. that's all he has to do: just leave the porch light on, and she can do the rest.
wordlessly, she sifts her fingers through his hair at the nape in slow, rhythmic patterns. her eyes close to push away the warm sting beneath them, feeling the brush of his nose across her neck. her heartbeat is steady and constant against his own chest, something clicking into place as their limbs tangle.
she doesn't know what. something, somewhere, for sometime.
iris says nothing for the rest of the night, fingers continuing their soothing strokes into his hair, the quiet enveloping them soon after.
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iris could never close her arms, or her heart, to barry.
her whole body practically sighs into his the moment he moves toward her instead of away, iris wrapping her own arms around him to bring him further in. there is so much that she can't shield him from. there are so many ways in which she cannot rescue him, for all the other ways in which she has. she cannot protect him from his grief or his anger, but she can protect him from his loneliness, so long as he allows her. that's all he has to do: just leave the porch light on, and she can do the rest.
wordlessly, she sifts her fingers through his hair at the nape in slow, rhythmic patterns. her eyes close to push away the warm sting beneath them, feeling the brush of his nose across her neck. her heartbeat is steady and constant against his own chest, something clicking into place as their limbs tangle.
she doesn't know what. something, somewhere, for sometime.
iris says nothing for the rest of the night, fingers continuing their soothing strokes into his hair, the quiet enveloping them soon after.
for tonight, it's enough. ]