[ The heat from her hands does little to make them feel any less inflamed, but he's working hard to not lean back into that hand, or forward into the other, and concentrating on them both at the same time is a really nice way of splitting his attention away from the newest question and the direction her hand is going.
It's actually a pretty good question though, and he starts to answer before he realizes he doesn't actually have anything to say yet, abbreviating it to half a word and cutting off abruptly as he considers. Is it instant gratification, some sort of counterbalance to feeling like he's giving something away, to get something immediately back in return? Or maybe it's closer to justifying the sense of vulnerability, both confirming it and confirming that there's no reason to be worried about it just now. Or maybe he just felt like having sex and it seemed like a decent bargaining chip. Maybe laziness, and he just can't be bothered to dredge up personal history without some sort of encouragement pushing him along the path. Potentially he's just sort of dysfunctional and broken and there isn't a reason, it's faulty coding that he still doesn't know how to fix.
The quiet this time is still for a few seconds, but doesn't feel like he's just stalling because he's being difficult. From whatever is visible around the blindfold, it's fairly obvious he's actually thinking about what to say. When he finally does answer, it's a far less smug or defiant tone of voice than his other stalling answers, less clipped, and closer to when he's being less of an intentional ass about things. ]
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It's actually a pretty good question though, and he starts to answer before he realizes he doesn't actually have anything to say yet, abbreviating it to half a word and cutting off abruptly as he considers. Is it instant gratification, some sort of counterbalance to feeling like he's giving something away, to get something immediately back in return? Or maybe it's closer to justifying the sense of vulnerability, both confirming it and confirming that there's no reason to be worried about it just now. Or maybe he just felt like having sex and it seemed like a decent bargaining chip. Maybe laziness, and he just can't be bothered to dredge up personal history without some sort of encouragement pushing him along the path. Potentially he's just sort of dysfunctional and broken and there isn't a reason, it's faulty coding that he still doesn't know how to fix.
The quiet this time is still for a few seconds, but doesn't feel like he's just stalling because he's being difficult. From whatever is visible around the blindfold, it's fairly obvious he's actually thinking about what to say. When he finally does answer, it's a far less smug or defiant tone of voice than his other stalling answers, less clipped, and closer to when he's being less of an intentional ass about things. ]
I don't know.