['Surprised' was an understatement. A creeping and most uncertain ache began to pulsate throughout his body at that very simple, but extremely meaningful gesture. This sort of physical contact certainly wasn't something he was accustomed to in the slightest. Was this..common? How should he react to this? Certainly, he's never observed this sort of thing from any of his straight male acquaintances. How is this different? Perhaps this is the sort of thing that 'close friends' did? Or was Wright simply being...Wright? Surely, he's never seen this sort behavior directed to Larry, either...]
...
[Supposing that this would probably be a good time to start gradually easing himself into the responsibilities of the friendship he had claimed to yearn, he thought that...perhaps he should reciprocate a friendly gesture of his own, to mitigate the chance of another awkward exchange. He then turns his head, studying his friend's calmness - the rise and fall of his chest with each breath he took, the immense trust that was implied therein, showing that Phoenix was apparently nowhere near as uneasy as he was feeling...which is to say, perhaps there wasn't anything as odd about this as he was making it out to be....
...And with that in mind, he gently ruffles his friend's raven locks. Albeit rather awkwardly.]
...On the contrary to what you said earlier, I'm sure I'll get rid of you one day, whether I'd like to or not.
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Date: 2012-02-05 08:30 am (UTC)From:['Surprised' was an understatement. A creeping and most uncertain ache began to pulsate throughout his body at that very simple, but extremely meaningful gesture. This sort of physical contact certainly wasn't something he was accustomed to in the slightest. Was this..common? How should he react to this? Certainly, he's never observed this sort of thing from any of his
straightmale acquaintances. How is this different? Perhaps this is the sort of thing that 'close friends' did? Or was Wright simply being...Wright? Surely, he's never seen this sort behavior directed to Larry, either...]...
[Supposing that this would probably be a good time to start gradually easing himself into the responsibilities of the friendship he had claimed to yearn, he thought that...perhaps he should reciprocate a friendly gesture of his own, to mitigate the chance of another awkward exchange. He then turns his head, studying his friend's calmness - the rise and fall of his chest with each breath he took, the immense trust that was implied therein, showing that Phoenix was apparently nowhere near as uneasy as he was feeling...which is to say, perhaps there wasn't anything as odd about this as he was making it out to be....
...And with that in mind, he gently ruffles his friend's raven locks. Albeit rather awkwardly.]
...On the contrary to what you said earlier, I'm sure I'll get rid of you one day, whether I'd like to or not.