[ yennefer is, perhaps in a lot of ways validly, surprised by the immediate hug. if she had met this woman at any possible earlier moment, she might have even stiffened. pulled away. needed more time to ease into the quick and immediate affection - but her time spent with julian, with the wolf, it has made her more open to the facts of this place. that there are those who know her, who really know her, that she may not remember.
her uncertainty is visible, if not felt, a kind of swirling through of her features - as if she's not quite sure who she is meant to be, in this moment. but that doesn't seem to be an issue, considering the way this woman wraps her arms around her, the way she presses her face into her shoulder.
( it sends something immediate through her, if she's being honest. a longing, yes, but something more visceral. something tighter, almost painful. it knocks the breath from her, not just from actual force, and it takes a brief moment before yennefer can react at all. can so much as let her heart keep beating. )
yennefer, to her credit, does wrap her arms back around the woman. she may not know her, but this closeness, this hug - yennefer aches for it, in a ways he's not sure how to bring words to. one arm goes around her shoulderblades, while the other wraps atop her shoulders, one hand on the back of the woman's head.
she must know her. she must. and for whatever reason, this feels like something she is supposed to be doing. that she needs to be doing. ]
Yes- I'm alright. [ there is a brief second, suddenly, where that feels more true than it might have before. ]
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her uncertainty is visible, if not felt, a kind of swirling through of her features - as if she's not quite sure who she is meant to be, in this moment. but that doesn't seem to be an issue, considering the way this woman wraps her arms around her, the way she presses her face into her shoulder.
( it sends something immediate through her, if she's being honest. a longing, yes, but something more visceral. something tighter, almost painful. it knocks the breath from her, not just from actual force, and it takes a brief moment before yennefer can react at all. can so much as let her heart keep beating. )
yennefer, to her credit, does wrap her arms back around the woman. she may not know her, but this closeness, this hug - yennefer aches for it, in a ways he's not sure how to bring words to. one arm goes around her shoulderblades, while the other wraps atop her shoulders, one hand on the back of the woman's head.
she must know her. she must. and for whatever reason, this feels like something she is supposed to be doing. that she needs to be doing. ]
Yes- I'm alright. [ there is a brief second, suddenly, where that feels more true than it might have before. ]