[ There's a sort of gentle relief when Bruce returns that kiss — when he squeezes his hand. The kind that makes him feel like this is ok. That seeking out a kiss in the here and now — today — when it had been so uncertain if he could or should some hours ago is not met with a harsh or confused rebuff. That has him feeling light...
...until Bruce goes and asks that.
Brown eyes blink and his mind quickly zips through a handful of ways he might have messed this up or read too much into something before he's smiling a little sheepishly and nods, biting on the inside of his cheek. ]
no subject
...until Bruce goes and asks that.
Brown eyes blink and his mind quickly zips through a handful of ways he might have messed this up or read too much into something before he's smiling a little sheepishly and nods, biting on the inside of his cheek. ]
Y-yeah. Of course you can.