It was hard to imagine not caring about Richard, after everything (and even that wasn't as much for Alec as it was for Richard). Richard's safety mattered to him almost as much as Alec's didn't, even if it was hard to imagine anyone hurting Richard.
Easier here, where some of the people sent shivers up Alec's spine before he even got to the monsters.
Right now he was willing to let go of all of that, to let it be something they would address in the future. He already had his hands full, to speak metaphorically (but also literally).
Alec pulled his own fingers out of Richard and moved to spread the oil across himself before he spread Richard's thighs, nails digging in a little but not so much as he did on other occasions.
He didn't ask if Richard was ready before he started to press in because he had tasted that in the kiss, could see it on his face.
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Easier here, where some of the people sent shivers up Alec's spine before he even got to the monsters.
Right now he was willing to let go of all of that, to let it be something they would address in the future. He already had his hands full, to speak metaphorically (but also literally).
Alec pulled his own fingers out of Richard and moved to spread the oil across himself before he spread Richard's thighs, nails digging in a little but not so much as he did on other occasions.
He didn't ask if Richard was ready before he started to press in because he had tasted that in the kiss, could see it on his face.