[Relief has Oswald's smile returning, a brief flicker of emotion, as he edges in to meet Ed halfway. They're both small, wounded animals crawling out of their corners - and this wired to teeth, he's struck by a sudden fear they may only be one misstep away from disaster. Just a word, a sudden movement, and he'd wake from this dream, cold and hurting and alone in his cell. But even bigger and stronger than that fear, he realizes, is love and curiosity and the electric excitement of discovery that he can feel to the tingling tips of his fingers. He wants this; they want this.
Their faces are only inches apart when the driver takes a left and Oswald ends up gently sliding into Ed, bumping lips and chins, his hand landing over Ed's thigh for balance. It's another friendly hello of a kiss on Oswald's part, an easing in for the both of them that still has all the power to make him shiver and his palms go damp under his gloves.]
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Date: 2019-12-21 08:23 am (UTC)Their faces are only inches apart when the driver takes a left and Oswald ends up gently sliding into Ed, bumping lips and chins, his hand landing over Ed's thigh for balance. It's another friendly hello of a kiss on Oswald's part, an easing in for the both of them that still has all the power to make him shiver and his palms go damp under his gloves.]