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[lupusintus]

[ One hand rubs at his back while the other remains stationary, Ethan just lets the silence stretch on, he isn't going to force Dorian to talk while he's like this. When he finds his feet again, he can be the one to break the silence. The longer it drags on, the more he has to think about and the more he wonders just how alone he must have felt. In the grand scheme of things, he didn't know anything about the man he currently holds but you didn't have to know someone to know pain.

Everyone felt it, craved for comfort from it, but it never went away entirely. It lay dormant until some explosive event in life triggered it into action. ]

[playing_human]

[Finally, Dorian releases Ethan, feeling oddly...odd. He's not sure if he feels better, but he feels emptier. Not numb, like usual, but like something left and could be replaced by something else now. He looks up at his friend now and feels seen. No, not just seen--safe. Someone has his back for the first time.

For now.

And for now, it's mutual. Dorian has never been a good friend, nor is he especially confident he could ever be one. But for now, he's going to give it a go. Not because he's a good person, but because Ethan is the sort of man who deserves a good friend. A good man who may need to have a bad man on his side.]

Thank you, [he whispers.]

👀 those bedroom eyes..

[lupusintus]

You don't have to thank me.

[ He didn't do it for the gratitude, he did it because it was something he wanted to do -- clear and simple. Nonetheless, Ethan smiles and nods after a moment before rising from his seat. Part of him wants to tell Dorian to be more careful and selective about who he goes to for "comfort," but he thinks better on it, it isn't as if he is a child. ]

If I offer you another glass, I hope you'll mind my walls.

[ There's humor behind it though. ]

:)

[playing_human]

[There's a chuckle low in Dorian's throat, though he winces internally at that loss of control. Somehow, Ethan isn't holding it against him.

This friendship isn't going to be like anything he's ever had before, is it?]