You "suppose". [ Childe echoes, but there's a warm enough undertone in his voice that he means to be more playfully fond than anything. laying here like this with Zhongli is more therapeutic than anything he'd done thus far - save for laying in bed with Zhongli after they'd fucked in the shower a few times. it's telling that he seems to derive the most comfort simply from being around the other man, but Childe's not going to think too hard on it if he can help it.
especially helpful, he supposes, is that Zhongli is so responsive and indulgent. the man is an amazing bed partner, eager and able to stir up his interest with subtle, provocative gestures that might have come across as needy and clingy from anyone else except the Liyuen. as in all things Zhongli moves with a sort of grace that's beyond his years, and if he'd met him under other circumstances he has no doubt that he'd be as smitten with him then as he is now.
the questions make him pause, considering, and the blatant inquiry about his wishes is enough to make his cock stir and respond as if responding to a command. it's a long trip to Snezhnaya and they've been afforded plenty of privacy that they could absolutely spend the entirety of the journey just fucking each other's brains out. admittedly, he has a mighty need to see Zhongli bouncing on his dick... ]
A little. It's nothing I'm not used to. [ a pause, and then he amends, quickly: ] I've had much worse. You don't go into this line of work without expecting getting battered and broken a few times.
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especially helpful, he supposes, is that Zhongli is so responsive and indulgent. the man is an amazing bed partner, eager and able to stir up his interest with subtle, provocative gestures that might have come across as needy and clingy from anyone else except the Liyuen. as in all things Zhongli moves with a sort of grace that's beyond his years, and if he'd met him under other circumstances he has no doubt that he'd be as smitten with him then as he is now.
the questions make him pause, considering, and the blatant inquiry about his wishes is enough to make his cock stir and respond as if responding to a command. it's a long trip to Snezhnaya and they've been afforded plenty of privacy that they could absolutely spend the entirety of the journey just fucking each other's brains out. admittedly, he has a mighty need to see Zhongli bouncing on his dick... ]
A little. It's nothing I'm not used to. [ a pause, and then he amends, quickly: ] I've had much worse. You don't go into this line of work without expecting getting battered and broken a few times.