He mutters the words with barely moving his lips. His arm on the other hand moves quickly, his fingers curling around Jesper's wrist.
"Not right this minute," he says, a softer rebuke than he might normally have given even as he shifts to sit up a bit more against the headboard. "I'm not in a position for that right this moment."
Which is carefully dodging the truth of what happened. His fingers though stay curled around the material on Jesper's wrist, almost forcing himself to keep contact as long as there is something between his skin and another.
"Inej, I..." Words, important words here. "I apologize. I hope you understand that was not ... I mean, it isn't as if it was because... because of you."
It's perhaps the most hesitant they've seen him and he keeps reminding himself that's okay. They should hear and see him like this. As human. Shedding some of who he is, even if he's not sure all of it will be gone.
no subject
He mutters the words with barely moving his lips. His arm on the other hand moves quickly, his fingers curling around Jesper's wrist.
"Not right this minute," he says, a softer rebuke than he might normally have given even as he shifts to sit up a bit more against the headboard. "I'm not in a position for that right this moment."
Which is carefully dodging the truth of what happened. His fingers though stay curled around the material on Jesper's wrist, almost forcing himself to keep contact as long as there is something between his skin and another.
"Inej, I..." Words, important words here. "I apologize. I hope you understand that was not ... I mean, it isn't as if it was because... because of you."
It's perhaps the most hesitant they've seen him and he keeps reminding himself that's okay. They should hear and see him like this. As human. Shedding some of who he is, even if he's not sure all of it will be gone.