[ That certainly doesn't sound like acceptance of something offered equally so much as it does resignation to - something Claude can't begin to guess or rather that what he does doesn't fit with... whatever this is. Something he thought was being established further between them both what with not being able to prevent Sylvain's noble heart from doing what's right no matter how much the other man might insist he possesses no such heart.
It's tempting to sigh but that doesn't feel like the right reaction either, and not just because he knows some part of Sylvain will latch onto it like it's the only thing he deserves. It'd be too convenient to give him that out, yet another reaction which will be twisted into the truth that he's not worth this. And that causes something to twist somewhere in Claude's chest with a sharpness, and one he wills away when a familiar hand comes to rest and equally familiar lips are on his own for a kiss he returns. He could shut his eyes even as short as it is, but Claude doesn't look away so that he's ready when Sylvain looks at him again. ]
You deserve that much and then some.
[ The time to press it further has passed - for now, since this is filed away for later when it absolutely will come up again. Just maybe not when they're standing in the middle of the street since a shout from two friends greeting each other on the other side of it pulls him back to reality, and now Sylvain gets the playful eye roll he was probably expecting to surface at some point as Claude drops his hand away from the other man's face to take Sylvain's hand in his and to tug him forward to fall into step again. ]
And you can point out my supposed propensity for getting new holes all you want, but I think it probably loses some of the effectiveness when you're agreeing you'll get just as many, doesn't it? Maybe we can put a limit on it to earrings alone or things only that size, at which point I will point out a scorpion's sting counts as the same.
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It's tempting to sigh but that doesn't feel like the right reaction either, and not just because he knows some part of Sylvain will latch onto it like it's the only thing he deserves. It'd be too convenient to give him that out, yet another reaction which will be twisted into the truth that he's not worth this. And that causes something to twist somewhere in Claude's chest with a sharpness, and one he wills away when a familiar hand comes to rest and equally familiar lips are on his own for a kiss he returns. He could shut his eyes even as short as it is, but Claude doesn't look away so that he's ready when Sylvain looks at him again. ]
You deserve that much and then some.
[ The time to press it further has passed - for now, since this is filed away for later when it absolutely will come up again. Just maybe not when they're standing in the middle of the street since a shout from two friends greeting each other on the other side of it pulls him back to reality, and now Sylvain gets the playful eye roll he was probably expecting to surface at some point as Claude drops his hand away from the other man's face to take Sylvain's hand in his and to tug him forward to fall into step again. ]
And you can point out my supposed propensity for getting new holes all you want, but I think it probably loses some of the effectiveness when you're agreeing you'll get just as many, doesn't it? Maybe we can put a limit on it to earrings alone or things only that size, at which point I will point out a scorpion's sting counts as the same.