[His voice is hoarse when he finally comes out with a reply, his hand blindly groping for her’s to pull her knuckles toward his mouth, resting his cheek against the opposite hand. The press of his lips is brief, and joined by teeth shortly after. Ok, yes, she had hurt him — but the damage was hardly lasting, and he’d have asked her to do it again the next time.
If he remembered. If there was a next time.]
I would have felt it, if you had.
[Intention to harm was important. She had not held his throat to kill him, just to exercise control. He might have done the same thing, in her situation.]
no subject
[His voice is hoarse when he finally comes out with a reply, his hand blindly groping for her’s to pull her knuckles toward his mouth, resting his cheek against the opposite hand. The press of his lips is brief, and joined by teeth shortly after. Ok, yes, she had hurt him — but the damage was hardly lasting, and he’d have asked her to do it again the next time.
If he remembered. If there was a next time.]
I would have felt it, if you had.
[Intention to harm was important. She had not held his throat to kill him, just to exercise control. He might have done the same thing, in her situation.]