[Loki worries that it will have been taken poorly for a second, the grip just as easily interpreted as something closer to the start of boyish play instead of the secure promise of security it was. After years of not touching anyone, and he assumed that it was much the same way for Paul, Loki found himself hungry for the closeness now, hungry for the contact.
Mismatched blue eyes shift to Paul's face as the man shifts and he can't help the crooked pull of his smile at all the hope and love he saw there. His hand shifts, combing back a few errant pieces of blonde hair that could have been left alone before settling his hand back where it was around Paul's head.]
Starting to sound like a date. [His smile spreads. A date was more than perfectly okay for him.] It'll have to be in a few days though. Once I get somewhere in this case I'm working.
[A case that made him blink that hard, ticish blink even thinking about it. A case he still felt he should be doing right now, but he hadn't taken a break and jesus, he had needed one. It was to the point somedays where Loki felt like shit about sleeping because of the wasted hours not searching for the answer, where the need to solve the life or death riddle held even his most basic human needs at bay.]
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Date: 2023-10-07 01:34 pm (UTC)Mismatched blue eyes shift to Paul's face as the man shifts and he can't help the crooked pull of his smile at all the hope and love he saw there. His hand shifts, combing back a few errant pieces of blonde hair that could have been left alone before settling his hand back where it was around Paul's head.]
Starting to sound like a date. [His smile spreads. A date was more than perfectly okay for him.] It'll have to be in a few days though. Once I get somewhere in this case I'm working.
[A case that made him blink that hard, ticish blink even thinking about it. A case he still felt he should be doing right now, but he hadn't taken a break and jesus, he had needed one. It was to the point somedays where Loki felt like shit about sleeping because of the wasted hours not searching for the answer, where the need to solve the life or death riddle held even his most basic human needs at bay.]
If that doesn't ruin the offer. [If it was okay.]