[John would be pleased to know that Geralt finds comfort here, at the Beefsteak, for all that it is not necessarily a familiar place to him. There is time to change that yet. Time to familiarize Geralt with the Beefsteak specifically.
Of course, John does not particularly care about such things in this moment. Not when Geralt is stepping forward through the threshold after him to stand, dripping slightly, on the oriental rug of the Beefsteak's entry hall before him.
John blinks slightly, staring up at the other man as he shuts the door behind him and takes in the measure of the man. Show him somewhere he can dry off. Geralt had come here -- for him. Come here because they had been interrupted. Explicitly so. Here and now, there will be no interruptions. Despite the fact that they are not meeting in person, much as John might want, he still finds his pulse begin to pick up with the possibility of the moment.]
I. [John says eloquently. Swallowing thickly and wetting his lips before forcing himself to continue on.] Feel that I should make myself quite plain in the fact that I want you.
[His cheeks flush with color but he carries on, bravely enough.] Just. In case I have not made that clear. I realize you have come here of your own free will and in acknowledgment of our previous interruption, but I...
[He does not want to overstep, over-assume. John's sexuality has always been a treacherous tightrope to navigate at the best of times, and now? He needs a little guidance. Where does Geralt stand? Draw the line? John has mistakenly ruined friendships with far less than what they have done already, after all.]
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Of course, John does not particularly care about such things in this moment. Not when Geralt is stepping forward through the threshold after him to stand, dripping slightly, on the oriental rug of the Beefsteak's entry hall before him.
John blinks slightly, staring up at the other man as he shuts the door behind him and takes in the measure of the man. Show him somewhere he can dry off. Geralt had come here -- for him. Come here because they had been interrupted. Explicitly so. Here and now, there will be no interruptions. Despite the fact that they are not meeting in person, much as John might want, he still finds his pulse begin to pick up with the possibility of the moment.]
I. [John says eloquently. Swallowing thickly and wetting his lips before forcing himself to continue on.] Feel that I should make myself quite plain in the fact that I want you.
[His cheeks flush with color but he carries on, bravely enough.] Just. In case I have not made that clear. I realize you have come here of your own free will and in acknowledgment of our previous interruption, but I...
[He does not want to overstep, over-assume. John's sexuality has always been a treacherous tightrope to navigate at the best of times, and now? He needs a little guidance. Where does Geralt stand? Draw the line? John has mistakenly ruined friendships with far less than what they have done already, after all.]