[ There's not much room for thinking when they're preoccupied with kisses like these. He doesn't want to stop either, not even when they're both nearly panting, her forehead tipping against his own while he sifts his fingers through her hair, coiling it around them as if he just needs another way to hold onto her somehow. As if either of them is budging given that there's not much extra space to shift around in the ship anyway, but it's enough space for certain things that he's shamelessly contemplated before. But he's never kissed anyone quite like this in this ship before, it's always been different with Gwen, and no matter how many times they've been down this exact path, it never feels exactly the same. He feels closer to her, more in tune with her somehow, every time they wind up like this, and he's well past the point of worrying about what kind of implications that has for them.
It might be fair to call it reckless, following his heart like this regardless of the complications that might come along with it, but that's just how he is. And she knows that. Anyone who knows him at all does.
That pause for breathing doesn't last long, she's still close enough to press in for several more kisses, brief ones that he meets with just as much enthusiasm. It would take a lot of restraint to hold back even while she's trying to talk, so he doesn't bother. Instead he peppers those kisses in other places — the corners of her mouth, her cheeks, her nose and her chin, it's all fair game. Keeping up with that train of thought is another challenge, but that one's not quite as difficult. He's listening very intently, in fact, he's just also focused on pushing that helmet out of the way, not really caring where it ends up tumbling in the process. It'll be fine, it's meant to take some jostling. ]
You're amazing. [ He's said it before, he'll say it again. ] And you did great. We could make a pilot out of you.
[ It's more playful than anything, but he's sincere too. There's nothing that he wouldn't be willing to teach her, and there's a lot more out there than just flying starfighters. But none of that is really the point right now. What matters right now is that he can tug her in even closer, pressed tight into his lap when he pulls her into another one of those breath-stealing kisses.
There's more to the moment than just the adrenaline, which he would realize if he stopped long enough to think about it. Thrown into another completely unfamiliar place, away from everything else that they know, this is the best refuge that he could possibly have right now. ]
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It might be fair to call it reckless, following his heart like this regardless of the complications that might come along with it, but that's just how he is. And she knows that. Anyone who knows him at all does.
That pause for breathing doesn't last long, she's still close enough to press in for several more kisses, brief ones that he meets with just as much enthusiasm. It would take a lot of restraint to hold back even while she's trying to talk, so he doesn't bother. Instead he peppers those kisses in other places — the corners of her mouth, her cheeks, her nose and her chin, it's all fair game. Keeping up with that train of thought is another challenge, but that one's not quite as difficult. He's listening very intently, in fact, he's just also focused on pushing that helmet out of the way, not really caring where it ends up tumbling in the process. It'll be fine, it's meant to take some jostling. ]
You're amazing. [ He's said it before, he'll say it again. ] And you did great. We could make a pilot out of you.
[ It's more playful than anything, but he's sincere too. There's nothing that he wouldn't be willing to teach her, and there's a lot more out there than just flying starfighters. But none of that is really the point right now. What matters right now is that he can tug her in even closer, pressed tight into his lap when he pulls her into another one of those breath-stealing kisses.
There's more to the moment than just the adrenaline, which he would realize if he stopped long enough to think about it. Thrown into another completely unfamiliar place, away from everything else that they know, this is the best refuge that he could possibly have right now. ]