[ That's the benefit of experience all around. What he's seen, where he's been, what he's done.
Somehow, with all that experience, he can't quite fathom that the look on her face is for him. There was nothing to cause it he's pretty sure. No stray memory, at least on his end.
Which means--
Then she's kissing him, and it feels different. No lust-driven intensity. Where their earlier kisses were like high-speed maneuvers in a flak-bright sky, this is...
It's like watching a meteor shower at high altitude. It's streaks of light falling around him like rain, and he relaxes against her, touching his tongue to her lower lip, reaching out to run his fingertips over the curve of her ear.
He's not as good at kissing as he is at flying, but he's pretty damn good, either way. ]
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Somehow, with all that experience, he can't quite fathom that the look on her face is for him. There was nothing to cause it he's pretty sure. No stray memory, at least on his end.
Which means--
Then she's kissing him, and it feels different. No lust-driven intensity. Where their earlier kisses were like high-speed maneuvers in a flak-bright sky, this is...
It's like watching a meteor shower at high altitude. It's streaks of light falling around him like rain, and he relaxes against her, touching his tongue to her lower lip, reaching out to run his fingertips over the curve of her ear.
He's not as good at kissing as he is at flying, but he's pretty damn good, either way. ]