[ Removing the shirt, Rau will allow. He tugs it off smoothly and casually, although when his hair settles back into place there are fair wisps starting to cling to the first faint perspiration at his temples.
But "distant" ... the gloves don't have any particular significance now that he doesn't have to hide painful trembling, but "distant" is just being ridiculous when Rau is the only one shirtless. He avoids Gil's reach easily, and settles his still-gloved hands at Gil's hips instead. His fingers dip beneath the hem of the undershirt, but then also, just a centimeter, below the waist of Gil's pants. ]
What's distant? [ he asks blandly, dipping his head so that his lips brush over Gil's ear with each word, and just daring him to say the ridiculous part out loud and complain about the gloves. ]
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But "distant" ... the gloves don't have any particular significance now that he doesn't have to hide painful trembling, but "distant" is just being ridiculous when Rau is the only one shirtless. He avoids Gil's reach easily, and settles his still-gloved hands at Gil's hips instead. His fingers dip beneath the hem of the undershirt, but then also, just a centimeter, below the waist of Gil's pants. ]
What's distant? [ he asks blandly, dipping his head so that his lips brush over Gil's ear with each word, and just daring him to say the ridiculous part out loud and complain about the gloves. ]