[ This was the moment where it became safe to break the kiss, or at least Fraser felt it was. Ray's skin was burning hot against his own, but it was the helpless sound of pleasure gasped against his mouth that sealed the deal.
His nails dug a little deeper into Ray's hips, silent instruction to stay, to press closer, before he finally let him go. Instead he reached up, caught Ray's face gently in his cupped hand, thumb smoothing across his chin, across Ray's lips, maneuvering a breath of space between them.
This was it. More than Ray's lips crashing against his own to begin with, this was the moment where it was all laid on the line. Just for a second there was a chance to think, to make eye contact--because where Ray was all instinct, Benton had to be emotion. He didn't give himself to this unless he felt it; couldn't. He dropped his hand lower, lay it flat against the center of Ray's chest, held in questions and words, and then brushed just the briefest redeeming kiss against Ray's lips, not giving him the chance to disappear back into it, almost asking for permission to not thunder blindly onward for just a few moments.
Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was selfish, but he'd given Ray what he needed. This was what he needed. Just a moment. Only a moment. ]
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His nails dug a little deeper into Ray's hips, silent instruction to stay, to press closer, before he finally let him go. Instead he reached up, caught Ray's face gently in his cupped hand, thumb smoothing across his chin, across Ray's lips, maneuvering a breath of space between them.
This was it. More than Ray's lips crashing against his own to begin with, this was the moment where it was all laid on the line. Just for a second there was a chance to think, to make eye contact--because where Ray was all instinct, Benton had to be emotion. He didn't give himself to this unless he felt it; couldn't. He dropped his hand lower, lay it flat against the center of Ray's chest, held in questions and words, and then brushed just the briefest redeeming kiss against Ray's lips, not giving him the chance to disappear back into it, almost asking for permission to not thunder blindly onward for just a few moments.
Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was selfish, but he'd given Ray what he needed. This was what he needed. Just a moment. Only a moment. ]