[ What is the difference between duty and choice in this case? He's only terrified for what he might lose - and his shoulders stiffens at the rejection. It makes him want to insist that Viktor is wrong - that this is something he can and should do for him.
He's about to move Viktor's hands away from his face and tell him so, but the next words give him pause. He lowers his gaze again, afraid to find pity in Viktor's eyes over this display, to find that he is already reconsidering - but after a long moment he seems to relent, some of the tension dissipating from his shoulders.
Quietly: ]
I think I would like that too. [ His brow furrows. ] I just... I want to keep you, for a little longer.
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He's about to move Viktor's hands away from his face and tell him so, but the next words give him pause. He lowers his gaze again, afraid to find pity in Viktor's eyes over this display, to find that he is already reconsidering - but after a long moment he seems to relent, some of the tension dissipating from his shoulders.
Quietly: ]
I think I would like that too. [ His brow furrows. ] I just... I want to keep you, for a little longer.
[ However he will have him. ]