( a sensible person would've asked for boundaries. a kinder person would have left, or been honest, or not even been there at all. aventurine is none of those things, so he stays, and doesn't flinch or twitch at the hand by his neck. his body language might not quite welcome this sort of behavior, but it's neutral enough that it doesn't give hints of any sort of uncomfortableness.
his luck works in such unreasonable ways. he's lucky to have kirma like him so much, trust him even; it's easier to manipulate him, easy to use him as a necessary chip to win this grand game. but it comes with consequences, with the first encounter with someone so earnest in far too many years. there's benefits to not being known; when the ipc's infamous name is not recognized, people are more likely to trust him. but it also means it does not come with the reputation attached to it, the threats, the intimidation.
and so, this happens. genuine feelings and an open heart. nothing aventurine deserves. )
Do I seem the kind who would? ( his tone hingers on something more playful, a light tease. it's his time to bring his hands to kirma's face, hold them gently.
he runs his thumb over his lips for a moment, his eyes falling to them. though his smile remains, aventurine finds irony in this. in knowing that when they kiss again, he's not going to like it at all. ) Lucky for you, I tend to smile a lot. Mind not our previous hiccup, it seems these new appendages of mine come with a few side-effects. ( and then softer, because everything with him is always measured, always calculated: ) But at the very least, rest assured that if I didn't want to be here with you, I wouldn't have come. And I would have long left. But have I?
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his luck works in such unreasonable ways. he's lucky to have kirma like him so much, trust him even; it's easier to manipulate him, easy to use him as a necessary chip to win this grand game. but it comes with consequences, with the first encounter with someone so earnest in far too many years. there's benefits to not being known; when the ipc's infamous name is not recognized, people are more likely to trust him. but it also means it does not come with the reputation attached to it, the threats, the intimidation.
and so, this happens. genuine feelings and an open heart. nothing aventurine deserves. )
Do I seem the kind who would? ( his tone hingers on something more playful, a light tease. it's his time to bring his hands to kirma's face, hold them gently.
he runs his thumb over his lips for a moment, his eyes falling to them. though his smile remains, aventurine finds irony in this. in knowing that when they kiss again, he's not going to like it at all. ) Lucky for you, I tend to smile a lot. Mind not our previous hiccup, it seems these new appendages of mine come with a few side-effects. ( and then softer, because everything with him is always measured, always calculated: ) But at the very least, rest assured that if I didn't want to be here with you, I wouldn't have come. And I would have long left. But have I?