[He shuddered at the soft kiss, the tension running out of him. Steve's hand came up to cup the man's nape, speaking against James' mouth between more tender, fleeting kisses.]
Please don't hate me James. I'll never mention it, I swear. Ever.
[He could guess a lot about the man based on behavior and things that had been said, but he didn't know everything. Steve let his lips travel the distance from one corner or James' mouth to the other, trying to keep the man with him. If he let go, James would surely leave. He'd become a liability in the man's eyes, he knew it, but he didn't know how to reassure James it wasn't something to worry about. James was at much greater risk than he ever would be.]
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Please don't hate me James. I'll never mention it, I swear. Ever.
[He could guess a lot about the man based on behavior and things that had been said, but he didn't know everything. Steve let his lips travel the distance from one corner or James' mouth to the other, trying to keep the man with him. If he let go, James would surely leave. He'd become a liability in the man's eyes, he knew it, but he didn't know how to reassure James it wasn't something to worry about. James was at much greater risk than he ever would be.]