[The corner of his lip twitched in a tiny smirk at the comment.] Perhaps a knife digging into me is a kink of mine. [He said it with an air of mystery with an undercurrent of teasing. He didn't deny that he and Richard were as dangerous as they seemed currently compatible, and aside from the occasional difference in opinion, they seemed to be heading in the same direction.
His blue eye half closed at the tease of lips, and his arms tightened momentarily. He could see how many who earned this side of Richard would be confused and tempted at the same time. And why not? That body was such a delicate mix of both, and it was alluring. Now that he knew what was held under those clothes, he found the younger man rather physically attractive.
He released his grip when Richard eased away from him, and he plucked at the collar of his shirt as the heat caused the beginnings of a light sheen of sweat.]
Ah but you see it doesn't matter here. There were two and now three people from my world who are very outspoken about how monstrous I am, and who will interfere with my dealings or take things from me if they knew of them. Keeping up appearances for me is simply creating a distortion of their loud cries. Killing them isn't an option for me, so I give jobs to anyone and everyone to twist that image sold to the public so freely. I'm fine being seen as a monster. I do what I must, and no I'm not apologetic about it. I won't ask permission to assure my own future.
[One hand dropped to settle on the small of Richard's back again as they walked. It was, perhaps, one of the few times that he admitted to anyone the slanderous rhetoric used against him by those of his world. He had been physically assaulted by those same people too, but he used the paltry system against them when and where he could. He did not, as a rule, defend his own image. He wasn't anyone's favourite person.]
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His blue eye half closed at the tease of lips, and his arms tightened momentarily. He could see how many who earned this side of Richard would be confused and tempted at the same time. And why not? That body was such a delicate mix of both, and it was alluring. Now that he knew what was held under those clothes, he found the younger man rather physically attractive.
He released his grip when Richard eased away from him, and he plucked at the collar of his shirt as the heat caused the beginnings of a light sheen of sweat.]
Ah but you see it doesn't matter here. There were two and now three people from my world who are very outspoken about how monstrous I am, and who will interfere with my dealings or take things from me if they knew of them. Keeping up appearances for me is simply creating a distortion of their loud cries. Killing them isn't an option for me, so I give jobs to anyone and everyone to twist that image sold to the public so freely. I'm fine being seen as a monster. I do what I must, and no I'm not apologetic about it. I won't ask permission to assure my own future.
[One hand dropped to settle on the small of Richard's back again as they walked. It was, perhaps, one of the few times that he admitted to anyone the slanderous rhetoric used against him by those of his world. He had been physically assaulted by those same people too, but he used the paltry system against them when and where he could. He did not, as a rule, defend his own image. He wasn't anyone's favourite person.]