[It's different, like this. There's more exposure to the bits and pieces that don't feel quite right yet--the scattering of inelegant shrapnel scars, the ugly mangle of larger injuries, the places that don't quite work the way they used to.
But it's so easy, with Thomas. It's almost nothing, to stand exposed; to meet the same exposure with an eye only for the wonder and joy of being able to be this close to another living, breathing, lovely body.
William lets his head loll slightly to the side against the wall of the shower, breath hitching as his fingers unconsciously tighten another hair.]
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But it's so easy, with Thomas. It's almost nothing, to stand exposed; to meet the same exposure with an eye only for the wonder and joy of being able to be this close to another living, breathing, lovely body.
William lets his head loll slightly to the side against the wall of the shower, breath hitching as his fingers unconsciously tighten another hair.]
Come here?