Ray may manage the smooth operator act with the ladies back home, but when cramped in a tent with some seriously awkward and unexplained feelings, he's less suave gentleman and more fumbling teen. The fact Fraser helps at all does bring a whole new burst of questions that would be asked were lips not already occupied. It really is for the best that they both just keep quiet for the moment.
The initial politeness that comes is appreciated. It gives Ray something familiar of Fraser even when stemming from a totally new experience. Although as much as he likes the politeness, he likes the shift up to urgent even more, something he matches just fine; their usual bickering but just a bit more intimate. Other than a shaky start his return stays true to form as well; pushy, demanding and maybe just a little desperate, only getting more so as rejection becomes less likely. And of course if Fraser demands reciprocation, Ray is going to give it, his jaw slackening just enough to let his tongue push forward.
His own hand is keeping him propped up enough to prevent flopping onto Fraser, his other lifting blindly to rest at his partner's shoulder, fingers curling into the muscle there.]
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Ray may manage the smooth operator act with the ladies back home, but when cramped in a tent with some seriously awkward and unexplained feelings, he's less suave gentleman and more fumbling teen. The fact Fraser helps at all does bring a whole new burst of questions that would be asked were lips not already occupied. It really is for the best that they both just keep quiet for the moment.
The initial politeness that comes is appreciated. It gives Ray something familiar of Fraser even when stemming from a totally new experience. Although as much as he likes the politeness, he likes the shift up to urgent even more, something he matches just fine; their usual bickering but just a bit more intimate. Other than a shaky start his return stays true to form as well; pushy, demanding and maybe just a little desperate, only getting more so as rejection becomes less likely. And of course if Fraser demands reciprocation, Ray is going to give it, his jaw slackening just enough to let his tongue push forward.
His own hand is keeping him propped up enough to prevent flopping onto Fraser, his other lifting blindly to rest at his partner's shoulder, fingers curling into the muscle there.]