He stopped, turned to face her again, and carefully raised his eyes to her face. Meeting them, another slight smile.
And… the idea he'd dismissed before… coming back as instinct. Not expectation or imposition, but an offering. Putting himself on the same level she'd been forced onto.
He glanced away again, swallowing, then deliberately sat on the edge of the bed, so he was facing away from her… pulled off his socks, then his belt, and started undoing his shirt.
Normalizing, equalizing, offering… right? (Please be right.) Undressing while she got dressed, evening the field; plus, if she wanted it, a view of him as bared and vulnerable as she'd been.
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Date: 2019-08-31 09:50 am (UTC)He stopped, turned to face her again, and carefully raised his eyes to her face. Meeting them, another slight smile.
And… the idea he'd dismissed before… coming back as instinct. Not expectation or imposition, but an offering. Putting himself on the same level she'd been forced onto.
He glanced away again, swallowing, then deliberately sat on the edge of the bed, so he was facing away from her… pulled off his socks, then his belt, and started undoing his shirt.
Normalizing, equalizing, offering… right? (Please be right.) Undressing while she got dressed, evening the field; plus, if she wanted it, a view of him as bared and vulnerable as she'd been.