[This is intimate. At least, this is more intimate than he ever expected to be fifteen minutes ago. Even when Albedo has shown the Traveler remarkably more interest than he has anyone before—there still had been a distance between as a safety net. That's not so much the case anymore. That additional squeeze to his backside makes his own hips jump involuntarily. It slots their hips together alarmingly well, and that... That has him hiding his face against Aether's hair to steady his startlingly tremulous breaths.
As if to soothe the earlier tug he rubs circles over the spot where back attaches to tail with the flat of his thumb. Still, touching Aether directly seems so wrong in these circumstances. Yet it might be a way he can help him clear his head a little. It's not a perfect solution, but—]
More than this, [He draws his fingers along Aether's lower spine to illustrate the point.] ...May I touch you?
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[This is intimate. At least, this is more intimate than he ever expected to be fifteen minutes ago. Even when Albedo has shown the Traveler remarkably more interest than he has anyone before—there still had been a distance between as a safety net. That's not so much the case anymore. That additional squeeze to his backside makes his own hips jump involuntarily. It slots their hips together alarmingly well, and that... That has him hiding his face against Aether's hair to steady his startlingly tremulous breaths.
As if to soothe the earlier tug he rubs circles over the spot where back attaches to tail with the flat of his thumb. Still, touching Aether directly seems so wrong in these circumstances. Yet it might be a way he can help him clear his head a little. It's not a perfect solution, but—]
More than this, [He draws his fingers along Aether's lower spine to illustrate the point.] ...May I touch you?