( marc exhales and it's a second almost-laugh, sat somewhere in the vicinity of agreement. marc's met a couple, technically, and one he is fond of — impressed by, no less! — and the other's her husband. the other is a man marc's managed to get on the wrong side of more than once, and has rarely been able to see eye-to-eye with.
but neither are relevant. neither linger in marc's thoughts beyond the vagueness of 'ah, yes, magic'. natasha has his attention, his focus; the feel of her against him, wet skin, the roughness of old scars and newer injuries alike, the feel of her talking as much as the sound of it.
(it's not nerves, but there's always a sliver, a slight lack of surety that accompanies marc and anything approaching intimacy, at least at first. it doesn't last, but he's been decked enough and told enough times that he's misinterpreted and misread; has found, plenty of times, that it's fine until marc is marc and not someone else entirely, someone better and more understanding and more normal.)
he ignores the lack of sophistication in her 'that was nice', skips past it entirely to murmur against her ear— ) Not that we have to worry about the hot water running out, but there's more to this apartment than the bathroom.
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but neither are relevant. neither linger in marc's thoughts beyond the vagueness of 'ah, yes, magic'. natasha has his attention, his focus; the feel of her against him, wet skin, the roughness of old scars and newer injuries alike, the feel of her talking as much as the sound of it.
(it's not nerves, but there's always a sliver, a slight lack of surety that accompanies marc and anything approaching intimacy, at least at first. it doesn't last, but he's been decked enough and told enough times that he's misinterpreted and misread; has found, plenty of times, that it's fine until marc is marc and not someone else entirely, someone better and more understanding and more normal.)
he ignores the lack of sophistication in her 'that was nice', skips past it entirely to murmur against her ear— ) Not that we have to worry about the hot water running out, but there's more to this apartment than the bathroom.