[ His voice is small, shyly hesitant. There's a part of him that still can't believe he's hearing this -- this is happening! For real! He is actually sitting here as Nikolas Avis confesses to him. If his teenaged self could see him now, he'd be dead of sheer jealousy. He wants to ask for a repeated confirmation, again and again until he can actually believe it.
But he also knows that he could hear it a thousand times and wouldn't, and he doesn't want Nikolas to have to suffer that. ]
I am not used to being given anything that I actually want for myself, Nikolas; you cannot expect me to know what to do but be honored.
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Date: 2017-11-06 06:36 am (UTC)[ His voice is small, shyly hesitant. There's a part of him that still can't believe he's hearing this -- this is happening! For real! He is actually sitting here as Nikolas Avis confesses to him. If his teenaged self could see him now, he'd be dead of sheer jealousy. He wants to ask for a repeated confirmation, again and again until he can actually believe it.
But he also knows that he could hear it a thousand times and wouldn't, and he doesn't want Nikolas to have to suffer that. ]
I am not used to being given anything that I actually want for myself, Nikolas; you cannot expect me to know what to do but be honored.