All Our Histories Laid Bare
1 Parte Concluida Contenido adulto"I'm asking because you're really close to your heat," Duen clarifies before he can make all the wrong assumptions. "And if you've been on blockers for . . ." He hesitates, the number sticking to the roof of his mouth before he gives up and reveals that he knows this thing, too, "six years, almost seven." He's not surprised when Bohn flinches, less surprised even when he lowers his other hand to wring his shirt over his stomach with the first one. "It's probably going to be pretty intense, and that's why you're nesting. I don't want to do something without your permission, okay?"
Bohn isn't meeting his eyes, and Duen's heart clenches painfully in his chest. He strokes his thumb over his boyfriend's cheek, waits and keeps waiting as the minutes tick away. Eventually, Bohn does glance at him, and Duen hates that he can both see and smell the anguish as it rolls down his cheeks. "I don't think any less of you," he whispers, and Bohn chokes on a sound that staggers with relief. "Phi," he soothes, tearing up himself now. "I knew the whole time. I've never thought any less of you."