[ The instant her hands touch his back, he sucks in a sharp breath, and he's not surprised that she pulls back right away, probably thinking she hurt him, when she did anything but. He forces his shoulders to relax, takes another deep, slow breath, and drops his chin to his chest for a second.
For a moment, he allows his mind to fill up with thoughts of Clarice touching him, and not for this. Touching him, for real, with want and desires and breathless words. All sorts of things he shouldn't be thinking about, not here and now, when their whole mission is on a blade's edge and the Frost sisters are looking for this exact sort of weakness to manipulate. It reminds him he shouldn't really be contemplating revisiting their earlier kiss, not under these circumstances.
And yet, right now? There is nothing he wants more.
Clarice speaks again and John opens his eyes, walking over to her bed obediently, lying down on his front on top of the soft, plushy covers. Man, he might dislike having to work with the Frosts, but he's not going to deny that their digs are so much better than anything he's seen in years.
He doesn't say any of that. He doesn't say anything, actually, besides: ]
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For a moment, he allows his mind to fill up with thoughts of Clarice touching him, and not for this. Touching him, for real, with want and desires and breathless words. All sorts of things he shouldn't be thinking about, not here and now, when their whole mission is on a blade's edge and the Frost sisters are looking for this exact sort of weakness to manipulate. It reminds him he shouldn't really be contemplating revisiting their earlier kiss, not under these circumstances.
And yet, right now? There is nothing he wants more.
Clarice speaks again and John opens his eyes, walking over to her bed obediently, lying down on his front on top of the soft, plushy covers. Man, he might dislike having to work with the Frosts, but he's not going to deny that their digs are so much better than anything he's seen in years.
He doesn't say any of that. He doesn't say anything, actually, besides: ]
Thank you, Clarice.