a ([personal profile] mastermagician) wrote in [community profile] duplicitymemes 2019-01-12 02:47 pm (UTC)

Isn't it?

It's funny, how often in life people walk in circles. Heading away from a thing just to inevitably, inexorably circle back.

[ He talks while he takes Julian's hands, his own covering their backs, turning them palm-up, while his thumbs draw with a firm pressure up from the thin skin of Julian's wrists to the center of his palms, making his fingers splay. His voice smoothed and softened, rewarding obedience. ]

Close your eyes.

Breathe, deep, and let your shoulders relax. [ With more suppressed laughter than accusation, ] You're so tense I could snap you like a twig in winter.

Focus on the feeling in your hands. Let everything else melt away. A little more gone with every breath. I know it's been... a lot. How it all gets muddled into a buzz, there's no clarity to help cut through...

[ His fingers skimmed up, massaging along the center of Julian's hands, before pressing thumb and forefinger firmly hard along a pressure point along the outsides of his hands, sending a jolt of pain up through his wrists and into his elbows. ]

Eyes closed. Keep focusing. Ask me any question you have.

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