[ unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, despite his glowering stature and demeanor, this soldierly type isn't nearly as repressed as some of his fellow colleagues and marines. the fluttering sweep of byerly's dark lashes does not, in fact, go over maine's head, nor does his teasing ( and most likely insincere ) insinuation. his eyes flick down to his mouth and then further down to his throat, back up again, no longer mildly confused or suspicious but now wryly amused and as close to delighted as he ever gets while he's not in the middle of a firefight because what the fuck when has any stranger ever tried to work to sweetly work him over like this.
the answer is never. never ever ever, not here or in freelancer, not in any star system or universe, not once.
byerly is totally fucking with him. that's fine. that's new and new feels fucking good. but fair's fair.
he hums, the sound a low rumble in his chest and also the only warning byerly will get, before he slides his hand from the bottle to byerly's wrist, hooking two fingers in his jacket's sleeve and tugging the material over his arm. his thumb finds his pulse, presses in, delicately traces the vein from the heel of his palm to the crook of his elbow. the hand still stretched across byerly's legs returns to his written please to etch another question mark in the ground.
no subject
the answer is never. never ever ever, not here or in freelancer, not in any star system or universe, not once.
byerly is totally fucking with him. that's fine. that's new and new feels fucking good. but fair's fair.
he hums, the sound a low rumble in his chest and also the only warning byerly will get, before he slides his hand from the bottle to byerly's wrist, hooking two fingers in his jacket's sleeve and tugging the material over his arm. his thumb finds his pulse, presses in, delicately traces the vein from the heel of his palm to the crook of his elbow. the hand still stretched across byerly's legs returns to his written please to etch another question mark in the ground.
how's that for unsubtle. ]