[ Maybe that's offensive, but he never got the idea that anyone wanted to live down there. Why would so many of their cases deal with Dingxian emerging from the underground if it was a desirable home? It's part of why he felt bad for those he was trying to arrest and send back. He could understand wanting a better life in spite of his position as the leader of SID.
With his unheld hand, he matches touch for touch by brushing his thumb over Shen Wei's jawline. ]
[The caress sends a jolt of warmth down his neck, and Shen Wei suspects it might not have to do with Chroma. He's about to do the extremely unadvised action of tilting his face just so that lips met palm when Zhao Yunlan's words stutter him back to reality.]
A ruse? I would never take advantage of you like that! What kind of an excuse--
[his voice thins slightly, and realizing he's bordering on sounding a touch unhinged, Shen Wei clamps his lips shut. dropping Zhao's hand in his haste to put a respectable distance between them.]
[ The reaction's favorable. More than he expected. Shen Wei didn't even flinch.
Good!
But he's clearly disappointed when Shen Wei breaks the connection between them. He sets his hands back on his thighs and clicks his tongue, letting out a short laugh. ]
Ah. I didn't mean from you. I meant from this place.
[Would it honestly be too bad to allow himself this intimacy under the pretext of survival, when it is an action integral to both of their survival? It doesn't ease the scandalized look on Shen Wei's face, tinged with a fair measure of hurt.
Shen Wei knows on some level what is quite eating at him is just how Zhao Yunlan sees him, a person above this kind of underhandedness.
He's held himself back for so long.]
My apologies. I have overreacted, but I do assure you that it works. I've tested it before.
[ He doesn't look totally displeased by Shen Wei's slip in composure, even if it meant losing that contact. He's looking more and more into watching Shen Wei stumble. Now he's more curious than anything. ]
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[ Maybe that's offensive, but he never got the idea that anyone wanted to live down there. Why would so many of their cases deal with Dingxian emerging from the underground if it was a desirable home? It's part of why he felt bad for those he was trying to arrest and send back. He could understand wanting a better life in spite of his position as the leader of SID.
With his unheld hand, he matches touch for touch by brushing his thumb over Shen Wei's jawline. ]
Guess it might not be a ruse after all.
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A ruse? I would never take advantage of you like that! What kind of an excuse--
[his voice thins slightly, and realizing he's bordering on sounding a touch unhinged, Shen Wei clamps his lips shut. dropping Zhao's hand in his haste to put a respectable distance between them.]
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Good!
But he's clearly disappointed when Shen Wei breaks the connection between them. He sets his hands back on his thighs and clicks his tongue, letting out a short laugh. ]
Ah. I didn't mean from you. I meant from this place.
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Shen Wei knows on some level what is quite eating at him is just how Zhao Yunlan sees him, a person above this kind of underhandedness.
He's held himself back for so long.]
My apologies. I have overreacted, but I do assure you that it works. I've tested it before.
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You have? Really? You? With who?