[Isaac shrinks away from Hector’s tenderness, as Hector should have predicted he would. It’s a known behavior, though Hector doesn’t understand the complexity of the reasoning behind it.]
I could show you how it could be. [He says into Isaac’s ear, an offer likely doomed for failure.
Isaac's retreat hurts, even though Hector should have known better than to make such an advance.
The closeness, the warmth, Hector refuses to surrender. That, at least, they can grant one another. As Isaac had done a moment before, Hector twines his arms around his body and fits them together, front to back. His hand finds a more innocent purchase than Isaac’s had, settling on the hard plane of Isaac’s chest, feeling for the beat of his heart.]
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I could show you how it could be. [He says into Isaac’s ear, an offer likely doomed for failure.
Isaac's retreat hurts, even though Hector should have known better than to make such an advance.
The closeness, the warmth, Hector refuses to surrender. That, at least, they can grant one another. As Isaac had done a moment before, Hector twines his arms around his body and fits them together, front to back. His hand finds a more innocent purchase than Isaac’s had, settling on the hard plane of Isaac’s chest, feeling for the beat of his heart.]