
█▐ ❆ ࿐ᐤ HIS PUPILS DILATE as the contact is established ; shoulders tense, lips bent. The instantaneous gesture still baffled him immensely, but it was no longer unwelcome as a potent wave of serenity transpired in a matter of time…
Calloused fingertips tumble gingerly down the nape of her neck before scouring over the length of her spines, tracing further south until his strong arms come to traverse around Juvia’s slender hips. Without further ado, Gray possessively presses her a little CLOSER – coalescing the thermal heat that she exhibits against his own wintry form.

The embrace was a SIMPLE enough gesticulation ; a raw form of affection, perhaps the fragile beginnings of this love they shared. The feel of her body so close to his soothed him more than he had expected, and he couldn’t halt his icy digits from carding through the locks of her cerulean hair.
❝ …. ❞
Swallowing the vestiges of his stony demeanor, Gray decides to muse ❛ fuck it ❜ and presses a tentative kiss to the top of her head —— ( &&. god, his heart sure feels out of pace ).