The feel of her fingers catching his wrist again damn near stopped his heart, thrilling and comforting at the same time, bringing his mind to a screeching halt...
...and it made the whole thing a lot clearer in his mind, once he could make the wheels start turning again. The life of a soldier was a life of blind obedience and dealing with its consequences. Life in the service of the Night Dragon wasn't that much different--at the mercy of his king, unable to do anything less than as he was told. Serving as a soldier, as an assassin--forced to trust those he couldn't trust--it required perfect control over absolutely everything else that was remotely within his grasp.
Regina could give him an order, any order...and he could put himself completely into her hands, had put himself into her hands, let himself fall and felt her catch him. Nothing else existed but that, and he didn't have to think or worry or even stay inside his own skin unless she touched him--and that made him feel tethered, connected in a way he never had.
Nothing else existed save for trusting her and getting lost in that connection they shared.
"I get it." he replied simply, a world of understanding in those three simple words...then after a beat he grinned and twisted his wrist free of her grip so he could go back to running his fingers over her bare thigh.
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...and it made the whole thing a lot clearer in his mind, once he could make the wheels start turning again. The life of a soldier was a life of blind obedience and dealing with its consequences. Life in the service of the Night Dragon wasn't that much different--at the mercy of his king, unable to do anything less than as he was told. Serving as a soldier, as an assassin--forced to trust those he couldn't trust--it required perfect control over absolutely everything else that was remotely within his grasp.
Regina could give him an order, any order...and he could put himself completely into her hands, had put himself into her hands, let himself fall and felt her catch him. Nothing else existed but that, and he didn't have to think or worry or even stay inside his own skin unless she touched him--and that made him feel tethered, connected in a way he never had.
Nothing else existed save for trusting her and getting lost in that connection they shared.
"I get it." he replied simply, a world of understanding in those three simple words...then after a beat he grinned and twisted his wrist free of her grip so he could go back to running his fingers over her bare thigh.