[Steve wanted to melt with that gentle touch, but I was hard to when he was the one being sat on. Not that he minded! James was a lovely warm weight on his lap, comforting and arousing at the same time, though he'd been doing his best to ignore that since they'd arrived. He leaned into the touch even though he didn't lift his head, tightening his arms around James a little more, making sure the man wasn't easily squirming free, though there was no indication he planned to try.

Those words though. They were provocative and Steve reluctantly looked up, a hint of humor in his eyes as he managed to get control of the emotions coursing through him. He would have been content to quietly cuddle the man forever, although more would never be a hard sell.]


Good. Because I don't think I'd be functional without you anymore. As for what I wanna do with you, I thought we'd decided talking was the new intimacy we needed to practice? Or did you change your mind about story time?


[Steve was teasing, obviously. It felt good to do so and he shifted his hands slightly, so one could stroke the small of James' back continuously, simply because it was it nice to touch the one he loved. And love the man he very much did.]