SSE Blocking Anim. w/ a torch but not 'on guard'

[antstubell]

Shot in the dark here - is it posible for player to perform a blocking action (left hand) without unsheathing a weapon? What I'd like to do is this - player carrys a torch A LOT in my mod and sets fire to A LOT of things with the torch. At the moment all that the game is doing is checking that A: Player has a torch and B: It is equipped. For immersiveness (that a word?) it would be cool to see the player perform some action when setting fire to stuff and the bloack animation is the only one that comes to mind.

Thanks for any advice.