[ No, that's not right. Oh somehow gives the impression that she fully understands, and she doesn't. Not really. Not in the way he means her to, not in the way that provides clarity of the implications therein. But she understands that his nerves come from their proximity, that it's the closeness and the context which has him staring at her like he wants something.
That, she understands entirely. By itself their situation evokes a want that she can identify even without a framework to process it. ]
Don't be nervous. [ Helpful. ] I feel it too.
[ The want to be close, but also the gripping dread of allowing anyone to be there. She reveals too much of herself in saying even that, but it's the truth. Something warm in her gut makes her more aware of where she brushes against his legs, of the hair on the back of her neck, of the sound of her heart. (She'd felt it more keenly, if she's being honest, when he'd been grappling with her in the hallway. It was more primal then, less soft. But she decides not to share that.) ]
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[ No, that's not right. Oh somehow gives the impression that she fully understands, and she doesn't. Not really. Not in the way he means her to, not in the way that provides clarity of the implications therein. But she understands that his nerves come from their proximity, that it's the closeness and the context which has him staring at her like he wants something.
That, she understands entirely. By itself their situation evokes a want that she can identify even without a framework to process it. ]
Don't be nervous. [ Helpful. ] I feel it too.
[ The want to be close, but also the gripping dread of allowing anyone to be there. She reveals too much of herself in saying even that, but it's the truth. Something warm in her gut makes her more aware of where she brushes against his legs, of the hair on the back of her neck, of the sound of her heart. (She'd felt it more keenly, if she's being honest, when he'd been grappling with her in the hallway. It was more primal then, less soft. But she decides not to share that.) ]