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Fic: Jujitsu 6--relax
Rated: PGish?
Warnings: Guys being a couple and stuff.
Strong hands massage his neck, sliding the tension out of the muscles with a press of Dave's thumbs.
The sharp smell of Tiger Balm, all camphor and cloves, clears his sinuses and his head. He's almost embarrassed at how easy it was for Dave to get his shirt off. One "shoulder bothering you?" and a tug at the hem and he was lost.
Sean holds the soft cotton tee in his lap and tries to not impersonate a porno soundtrack. Dave doesn’t give backrubs. Dave gives massages. Even with the cool tingle of the cream, Sean would still describe the sensation as "a good hurt," and that only because he wouldn’t want to risk not getting another one.
"Relax," Dave instructs as he tackles a new knot. "Breathe."
Sean tries a little of both, and yeah, that's nice. The groan he's been trying to suppress slips from his lips, a low, throaty, strained sort of sound.
There's a pause in the massage, and Sean realizes how inappropriately happy that just sounded.
"Sean, I..." Dave's hands find their rhythm again. "You're not making this easy."
Sean smiles and lets his eyes close. "Making what easy?"
Dave's breath hits the Tiger Balm on the back of Sean's neck, sending an icy shiver down his back.
"Being good."
Sean chuckles aloud this time. "Who says you have to be good?" His smile fades when he turns and sees that Dave is serious.
"I want more than casual sex from you, Sean," Dave says, like it's a bad thing. "I don't think we can fool around and go back to friendship if it doesn’t work out." The words are frank, honest, so very Dave.
Sean struggles, caught by Dave's unwavering gaze, for the right words to express how new and strange it is. More so because he does want Dave. And now.
"I want you," Dave whispers, as if sensing Sean's confusion. He brushes the back of his knuckles over Sean's cheek. "I think I want all of you. Can you give it a little time so we can both be sure?"
It takes a bit for Sean to process, and Dave waits.
Dave asks for so little.
Dave wants to be with him for more than a one-night stand.
Dave has a plan. While getting laid later didn't sound as good as getting laid now, it's a better plan than Sean's "Let what happens happen and see where it goes."
"So we'll wait, and go slow." He can't believe he's saying it, but the relief he can feel in the places where Dave's body touches his makes it okay.
He gives a grin to make this all not so serious. "Now shut up and come to bed."
Dave smiles back and helps Sean up off the floor. Any thought Sean might have had of testing the other man's resolve fades in the face of Dave's trust in him.
Dave gets the lights and Sean leads the way to the bedroom.
"Good" has never been so hard.