A trickle feels like a dam burst when you're used to only shedding drops. He needs to recalibrate, much more than he knows, and today has adjusted those expectations a little.
He hears the emotion in David's voice though, and it's his turn to hold the other man tight. It's as much to comfort as to affirm how safe that makes him feel, that his offer of love matters, especially right now.
Because that's the other side of not being loved: the fear that his love never mattered either. And he can tell it does to David.
When he's calmed a little more he pulls back to press his forehead to David's. "I will take you up on staying here." More like, would have to be forced out, really. "But maybe let's move to something made for sitting."
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He hears the emotion in David's voice though, and it's his turn to hold the other man tight. It's as much to comfort as to affirm how safe that makes him feel, that his offer of love matters, especially right now.
Because that's the other side of not being loved: the fear that his love never mattered either. And he can tell it does to David.
When he's calmed a little more he pulls back to press his forehead to David's. "I will take you up on staying here." More like, would have to be forced out, really. "But maybe let's move to something made for sitting."