13.b defense

[venusundae]

'to defend' is a stretched synonym of 'to fight', and comes with images of furrowed brows and clenched jaws, cold metal and colder stares. brick walls and massive storms in the shape of humans ready to wreak havoc upon any threat to their cause.

but sometimes a defense is quieter and subtler. they hide in plain sight by drawing down their visage to mundane, to unexceptional, to just enough conventional unpleasantness to create an aversion at the first impression. fortresses are sometimes made of plush hips and wide thighs and invisibility charms. the farther out the physical shield reaches the more padding to protect the fragile heart within. expand the growing body to protect the stunted child it hides. and your first line of defense is the prerequisite of a second-glance before the wall takes on assault.