[a quick kiss to his lips, and she extracts herself from his arms to go get a comb. not hard to find, and then she's back at his side, settling down with it. start from the ends, she knows, and as much as her life is caring for other people - sewing up their injuries, fixing mistakes - there's something different in little acts like this for those she loves. the intimacy of it, the way she can go slow, focus on nothing more than taking out every tangle in his hair for no reason other than she wants to.
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[a quick kiss to his lips, and she extracts herself from his arms to go get a comb. not hard to find, and then she's back at his side, settling down with it. start from the ends, she knows, and as much as her life is caring for other people - sewing up their injuries, fixing mistakes - there's something different in little acts like this for those she loves. the intimacy of it, the way she can go slow, focus on nothing more than taking out every tangle in his hair for no reason other than she wants to.
selfishness and selflessness, intertwined.]