( He doesn't particularly want to talk about it, but he doesn't typically want to talk about anything that hedges toward the impactful or emotional. Minimizing is a reflex, a well-ingrained habit he's had maybe since his teen years. That doesn't make it Nate's responsibility to push, but rather Ian's responsibility to work on being more open. Which...
Ha.
Felt way easier with an empathy bond — coincidentally, that's exactly what he thinks about when he turns to offer up the wide open stretch of skin along his back. The empathy bond, the fact that it'd be selling him down the river a little bit right now, and one of the last showers they shared together. First-ish, depending on your perspective. It has him hesitantly licking his lips in the direction of the bare wall, staring at it while he starts carding his fingers through his hair as quickly as he can. )
You can ask about it, man. If you're curious. I'm not gonna...
( Vague shrug. You know.
Wryly: )
Do a me.
( It just feels like something he's supposed to offer right now, a consolation aimed at those expressions on Nate's face — or maybe a little mitigation of some weird, tiny little spike of inexplicable guilt he can't really place. )
no subject
Ha.
Felt way easier with an empathy bond — coincidentally, that's exactly what he thinks about when he turns to offer up the wide open stretch of skin along his back. The empathy bond, the fact that it'd be selling him down the river a little bit right now, and one of the last showers they shared together. First-ish, depending on your perspective. It has him hesitantly licking his lips in the direction of the bare wall, staring at it while he starts carding his fingers through his hair as quickly as he can. )
You can ask about it, man. If you're curious. I'm not gonna...
( Vague shrug. You know.
Wryly: )
Do a me.
( It just feels like something he's supposed to offer right now, a consolation aimed at those expressions on Nate's face — or maybe a little mitigation of some weird, tiny little spike of inexplicable guilt he can't really place. )