[ He can feel the sensation start to dull down and realizes belatedly that she did actually just say something that time. Blinking a little, he retroactively hears it and tries to piece it back together a bit, but it's vague. ]
What? [ Comes out before he can think not to say it. Vagueness called for clarity, but she's moving on, saying something else now, getting so close now that he can feel heat radiating off her again, but not close enough for him to try and strain up to touch. This time he doesn't even try, just licks his lips from where they got dry - breathing through your mouth will do that - watches her movements, tries to hold down the pieces of his composure that are starting to threaten with cracks. ] Ev- [ Nope, mouth's dry, throat's tight, try it again. ] Everything.
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What? [ Comes out before he can think not to say it. Vagueness called for clarity, but she's moving on, saying something else now, getting so close now that he can feel heat radiating off her again, but not close enough for him to try and strain up to touch. This time he doesn't even try, just licks his lips from where they got dry - breathing through your mouth will do that - watches her movements, tries to hold down the pieces of his composure that are starting to threaten with cracks. ] Ev- [ Nope, mouth's dry, throat's tight, try it again. ] Everything.