[Truly, this man is the worst. Perhaps not from an influential standpoint - yet - but certainly from the perspective of one man just trying to rest after being beaten to exhaustion, a long boat ride, the frigid cold, and everything else that's come between their meeting and now.]
Perhaps if I thought there was anything trustworthy about you--
[His words stop as Childe fights against his grip again, tongue dragging over fabric with the addition of teeth. The noise he makes isn't entirely displeased - mostly, but there's a tiny, tiny thread of arousal that sneaks in. It's hard to hear, hard to even see when it twitches on his scowling face.
Maybe he's glad his body hasn't started wholesale reacting yet. This is humiliating enough as it is, and Zhongli considers for a moment. What would be the best course of action...? Ultimately, it's hard to say. He doesn't really want Childe down there, but...]
... What will you do, if you do receive my name?
[His grip loosens on Childe's hair, because frankly, he doesn't have the strength to keep it up. He's too ill-fed, too sore, too tired. It might just be easier to endure whatever the harbinger wants to do to him, right now.]
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Perhaps if I thought there was anything trustworthy about you--
[His words stop as Childe fights against his grip again, tongue dragging over fabric with the addition of teeth. The noise he makes isn't entirely displeased - mostly, but there's a tiny, tiny thread of arousal that sneaks in. It's hard to hear, hard to even see when it twitches on his scowling face.
Maybe he's glad his body hasn't started wholesale reacting yet. This is humiliating enough as it is, and Zhongli considers for a moment. What would be the best course of action...? Ultimately, it's hard to say. He doesn't really want Childe down there, but...]
... What will you do, if you do receive my name?
[His grip loosens on Childe's hair, because frankly, he doesn't have the strength to keep it up. He's too ill-fed, too sore, too tired. It might just be easier to endure whatever the harbinger wants to do to him, right now.]