[ Hei breaks off, his eyes unfocused for a moment, before he cuts them away. Like whatever's welling inside him requires a physical courage he's drained of, like to let any words take shape he'll have to forfeit basic security. That's not how he functions, though: that childish impulsiveness of Now Or Never is for those who've only spent a few days living on the edge of a blade. Not for someone who's coasted for decades by the barrel of a gun, wedged between a hair-trigger. ]
[ In the end, he exhales. Sits up, scrabbing ten fingers through his hair, before shifting to dump the condom in the closest trash bin, obscured under shreds of paper and lint so it's not easily spotted. Quietly, ]
You should head back before someone finds out where you are.
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Date: 2014-03-24 03:19 am (UTC)[ Hei breaks off, his eyes unfocused for a moment, before he cuts them away. Like whatever's welling inside him requires a physical courage he's drained of, like to let any words take shape he'll have to forfeit basic security. That's not how he functions, though: that childish impulsiveness of Now Or Never is for those who've only spent a few days living on the edge of a blade. Not for someone who's coasted for decades by the barrel of a gun, wedged between a hair-trigger. ]
[ In the end, he exhales. Sits up, scrabbing ten fingers through his hair, before shifting to dump the condom in the closest trash bin, obscured under shreds of paper and lint so it's not easily spotted. Quietly, ]
You should head back before someone finds out where you are.
[ It's a reminder, not a dismissal. ]