[ Breathless, shameless. Yes. Yes, Kalim wanted (wants, full stop) to kiss him that badly. Jamil can be as viciously cocky as he pleases about that fact. Kalim will only reinforce his ego.
Something is happening beyond the kitchen, somewhere in the near distance. Crashing. Yelling. It's not particularly unusual for Scarabian afternoons, but it should give Kalim more pause than it ultimately does. He shouldn't be snatching at Jamil's wrist, squeezing gently at his arm (has his skin always been this soft?), grappling hard with the sudden desire to reel Jamil back in and crush their lips together indefinitely. Not with the stark reminder that other people are so near, that they could be seen, that--
Jamil is pulling away. And that, Kalim firmly reminds himself, is a thing he needs to respect. So instead, he nods, face and eyes all aflame in vastly different ways, and drops Jamil's wrist along with his own gaze. ]
We should, umm-- [ Kalim chews thoughtfully at the inside of his cheek. ] We should discuss the menagerie more. Later. If you... think it warrants more discussion?
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[ Breathless, shameless. Yes. Yes, Kalim wanted (wants, full stop) to kiss him that badly. Jamil can be as viciously cocky as he pleases about that fact. Kalim will only reinforce his ego.
Something is happening beyond the kitchen, somewhere in the near distance. Crashing. Yelling. It's not particularly unusual for Scarabian afternoons, but it should give Kalim more pause than it ultimately does. He shouldn't be snatching at Jamil's wrist, squeezing gently at his arm (has his skin always been this soft?), grappling hard with the sudden desire to reel Jamil back in and crush their lips together indefinitely. Not with the stark reminder that other people are so near, that they could be seen, that--
Jamil is pulling away. And that, Kalim firmly reminds himself, is a thing he needs to respect. So instead, he nods, face and eyes all aflame in vastly different ways, and drops Jamil's wrist along with his own gaze. ]
We should, umm-- [ Kalim chews thoughtfully at the inside of his cheek. ] We should discuss the menagerie more. Later. If you... think it warrants more discussion?