The moment he freezes, the moment it dawns on Lenny what he's been doing is one that Mick always hates. He never wants him to stop, never wants him to feel like he shouldn't touch when he wants to.
Only this time, Mick finally speaks when those touches start to slow and eventually stop. "Y'don't have to. Stop I mean," he hedges. "I've never minded and it.. it doesn't hurt. When you do that."
He feels his heart skip a beat or two when Mick speaks as he tries to pull his hand back again. Like he was caught doing something he shouldn't be. Except he's told the absolute opposite and there's a dissonance in the feeling and the words and--
"Really?" All he could focus on was 'it doesn't hurt' and that makes the entire thing different.
"Really," he promises, reaching to gently close his hand around his wrist and draw his hand back to his arm. "I never minded before and now," he rolls a shoulder. "I guess it helps somehow. They don't burn anymore."
"You didn't?" He seems surprised, like this couldn't be anything besides an annoyance or a nuisance, especially before he realized that it eased the pain. A small smiles slides across his lips and he resumes the idle patterns he was drawing against his skin.
"Naw, of course not," he answers, an almost fond note to his voice. "I never minded."
And then he's smiling and going back to drawing abstract patterns along his skin and it feels like heaven to Mick. Cool and sure touches chasing away the itching burn of unrequited soul marks, soothing him into finally being able to relax.
It shouldn't come as much of a shock when those light touches lull Mick into the first restful sleep he's had in weeks.
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Date: 2018-08-28 07:40 pm (UTC)Only this time, Mick finally speaks when those touches start to slow and eventually stop. "Y'don't have to. Stop I mean," he hedges. "I've never minded and it.. it doesn't hurt. When you do that."
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Date: 2018-08-28 07:49 pm (UTC)"Really?" All he could focus on was 'it doesn't hurt' and that makes the entire thing different.
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Date: 2018-08-28 07:51 pm (UTC)"Really," he promises, reaching to gently close his hand around his wrist and draw his hand back to his arm. "I never minded before and now," he rolls a shoulder. "I guess it helps somehow. They don't burn anymore."
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Date: 2018-08-28 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-08-28 08:08 pm (UTC)And then he's smiling and going back to drawing abstract patterns along his skin and it feels like heaven to Mick. Cool and sure touches chasing away the itching burn of unrequited soul marks, soothing him into finally being able to relax.
It shouldn't come as much of a shock when those light touches lull Mick into the first restful sleep he's had in weeks.