[And all of the sudden his heart is in his throat.
He won't admit it, if Claude calls him on it but there's a soft, strangled, startled sort of sound in his throat and he barely has time to wrap his head around the fact that Claude is kissing him before he's starting to pull away. The hand on Claude's arm moves up hovering briefly as Lorenz leans in, then settling tentatively against his jaw, trying to coax him to stay. Just for a moment, just to make sure this is real and not some bubble induced delusion.
It's only a span of heartbeats before he lets Claude draw back as he'd intended and he's far too busy staring at him dumbstruck to even process the words at first.
When his mind catches up with what's going on he-
Well he bursts out laughing, startling even himself. Giddy and overwhelmed and it seems so surreal he is genuinely at a complete loss for what to do or say. In the end he just pulls Claude closer, hugging him tightly, that hand still hovering beside his face even as Lorenz presses his own scarlet face into Claude's shoulder.]
I was so scared you would think ill of me. I didn't-
[Didn't expect any kind of reciprocation, didn't know what to do then, doesn't know what to do now.]
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He won't admit it, if Claude calls him on it but there's a soft, strangled, startled sort of sound in his throat and he barely has time to wrap his head around the fact that Claude is kissing him before he's starting to pull away. The hand on Claude's arm moves up hovering briefly as Lorenz leans in, then settling tentatively against his jaw, trying to coax him to stay. Just for a moment, just to make sure this is real and not some bubble induced delusion.
It's only a span of heartbeats before he lets Claude draw back as he'd intended and he's far too busy staring at him dumbstruck to even process the words at first.
When his mind catches up with what's going on he-
Well he bursts out laughing, startling even himself. Giddy and overwhelmed and it seems so surreal he is genuinely at a complete loss for what to do or say. In the end he just pulls Claude closer, hugging him tightly, that hand still hovering beside his face even as Lorenz presses his own scarlet face into Claude's shoulder.]
I was so scared you would think ill of me. I didn't-
[Didn't expect any kind of reciprocation, didn't know what to do then, doesn't know what to do now.]