there is always hope
”Mm, I will.” Ronin’s smile is the most crooked he can conjure, and he hopes that Remi will feel the mischief mingling in with his attraction for his husband. Indeed, as he lets the water soak them both and fully devotes himself to his task, the prolonged contact will reveal the spark of arousal that tends to accompany them wherever they go start to flare and kindle. It’s not the time and he has no intention of acting on it, but it’s hardly something he can help.
Lathering shampoo into his hands, he makes a show of gently scrubbing at Remi’s curls, getting soap everywhere and seeming to be trying to make as many suds as possible. ”It isn’t an obligation, to ask,” he points out. ”Don’t beat yourself up about the way your own trauma led you to behave. You didn’t ask, but she didn’t say anything either.”
Should he tell people, though? For the first time, Remi will feel the way his husband’s mind works, the flare of emotion rising up and then masterfully dimming down, shaped by the logic of his experiences. ”It feels like it would be invasive for you, to keep repeating yourself. It’s their emotion, but it’s still up to you to do something with it. I don’t think there’s a catch all answer.” It definitely feels case by case. Tell someone like Vai and Phoebe? Yes. But a merchant at the docks? Maybe not.
Lathering shampoo into his hands, he makes a show of gently scrubbing at Remi’s curls, getting soap everywhere and seeming to be trying to make as many suds as possible. ”It isn’t an obligation, to ask,” he points out. ”Don’t beat yourself up about the way your own trauma led you to behave. You didn’t ask, but she didn’t say anything either.”
Should he tell people, though? For the first time, Remi will feel the way his husband’s mind works, the flare of emotion rising up and then masterfully dimming down, shaped by the logic of his experiences. ”It feels like it would be invasive for you, to keep repeating yourself. It’s their emotion, but it’s still up to you to do something with it. I don’t think there’s a catch all answer.” It definitely feels case by case. Tell someone like Vai and Phoebe? Yes. But a merchant at the docks? Maybe not.
