Rather than subjecting him to her gaze moving critically over him, Reinette captured the image in her mind, closed her eyes and attempted to determine where to begin. She forced all other memories of their shared bath before from her mind.
She simply could not think of that now. Not of the playful ease between them. Not of the laughter and conversation. And certainly not where it very nearly lead.
Clean, she decided firmly. He needed to be clean. Everything else would follow. Reinette poured a liberal amount of soap onto her sea sponge and lifted one of Jack's arms close, beginning to scrub more than a year's worth of grime from his skin. The water was already very nearly black.
"I will not become ill."
It was a vague, inkeepable promise that even in his state Jack would see through. Her hands continued to move over Jack's skin. "Louis feared that as well, when I informed him of my intent.I told him if I do fall ill, it would be at his doing."
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She simply could not think of that now. Not of the playful ease between them. Not of the laughter and conversation. And certainly not where it very nearly lead.
Clean, she decided firmly. He needed to be clean. Everything else would follow. Reinette poured a liberal amount of soap onto her sea sponge and lifted one of Jack's arms close, beginning to scrub more than a year's worth of grime from his skin. The water was already very nearly black.
"I will not become ill."
It was a vague, inkeepable promise that even in his state Jack would see through. Her hands continued to move over Jack's skin. "Louis feared that as well, when I informed him of my intent.I told him if I do fall ill, it would be at his doing."