okay okay okay iām gonna use this as a shameless opportunity to kick off something i havenāt done since my pacific rim days but to my vague memory it was pretty good for my motivation and also fed peopleās curiosity
which is to say. hereās a snippet
āSolas. Did you ever have sex, in thisāā she jabs a finger against his ribs, āābody?ā
His heartbeat climbs into his throat and chokes him. His thoughts reel through a dance he knows all too well: how much can he admit, how much has he already given away? Will silence feed suspicion more than honesty, more than half-truths?
āThatās a no, then?ā
āIt depends on oneās definition of āthis bodyā,ā he scrambles. āYour body when you were a child, or even a young adult, would hardly count nowāā
Saar sighs, and it startles him into silence for how fond it is. Her marked hand gently cups the side of his face, thumb resting on the bow of bone below his eye, and she rests her forehead against his.
āKadan,ā she murmurs. āIām not trying to embarrass you, I just want to know you.ā