[He knows he shouldn't take the bait. Ronan is teasing him, or flirting, or maybe both. They can't do anything - Adam can barely lift his arm, so it doesn't really matter what he wants, when the fact of the matter is that anything but a very gentle touch will get painful. Now isn't the time or the place.
But it still thrills him that Ronan is comfortable flirting now, is comfortable letting things go in directions he would have gotten spiky and angry at before. Adam was never playing, but he can understand why Ronan didn't like it. Now, though, things are different.
And he's curious.]
Okay. Tell me.
[His gaze is challenging, then, if not a little amused. And - not hestitant, exactly. Shy, maybe, just a tiny bit. This is all new ground for Adam, for both of them. He's made up his mind and committed himself to his path, he knows what he wants, but that doesn't mean that walking this uncharted path is always easy.
He leans in just a little closer, inches away from Ronan. Adam could kiss him right now. He doesn't, but he thinks about it.]
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But it still thrills him that Ronan is comfortable flirting now, is comfortable letting things go in directions he would have gotten spiky and angry at before. Adam was never playing, but he can understand why Ronan didn't like it. Now, though, things are different.
And he's curious.]
Okay. Tell me.
[His gaze is challenging, then, if not a little amused. And - not hestitant, exactly. Shy, maybe, just a tiny bit. This is all new ground for Adam, for both of them. He's made up his mind and committed himself to his path, he knows what he wants, but that doesn't mean that walking this uncharted path is always easy.
He leans in just a little closer, inches away from Ronan. Adam could kiss him right now. He doesn't, but he thinks about it.]