He's flushed, his breathing a little hard, and my heart's beating a cheerfully quick pace too, but I sure as anything do a double take, a bit, when he does respond.
He didn't...hear me?
I have to say it again? Once was scary enough!
Distressed, I pull him close, framing his face with both my hands; I kiss him again, a little more firmly, but keeping it as brief as I can force myself to bear, my lips lingering on his with delicate friction and fluttering heat.
When I pull back again, I leave my hands where they are, framing his jaw, fingertips tracing his hairline. He's so small, in every way except for his heart. He's got the heart of a lion, and I so love to watch him leap up tall and roar.
"I, um. I said I love you," I repeat myself, lamely I think, but I have to trail off at the end because I want to use his name in a way I haven't yet been given permission to do. And I may play about with nicknames and dropping honorifics to tease, but this...is different, and I don't want to call this man by his surname ever again.
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Date: 2012-10-01 07:23 am (UTC)He's flushed, his breathing a little hard, and my heart's beating a cheerfully quick pace too, but I sure as anything do a double take, a bit, when he does respond.
He didn't...hear me?
I have to say it again? Once was scary enough!
Distressed, I pull him close, framing his face with both my hands; I kiss him again, a little more firmly, but keeping it as brief as I can force myself to bear, my lips lingering on his with delicate friction and fluttering heat.
When I pull back again, I leave my hands where they are, framing his jaw, fingertips tracing his hairline. He's so small, in every way except for his heart. He's got the heart of a lion, and I so love to watch him leap up tall and roar.
"I, um. I said I love you," I repeat myself, lamely I think, but I have to trail off at the end because I want to use his name in a way I haven't yet been given permission to do. And I may play about with nicknames and dropping honorifics to tease, but this...is different, and I don't want to call this man by his surname ever again.
But that will be his decision to make.