I-- okay, in the Abbey, I was trained to fight- never mind all the monks and vows or whatever- they only let me have one purpose. So things like physical affection just... never came up. I never really cared to experiment, and I had no one to experiment with.
But now here we are, and having realized what I've been missing out on for the past twenty-seven years, I'd kind of like to explore it a bit more. But I don't know that I want a relationship to go with it.
And if that's totally not a thing, feel free to tell me to shut the hell up, because I really and truly have no idea how this kind of thing works.
[ Now they're easing onto more familiar territory, and he's relaxing by degrees. Sex isn't difficult to talk about -- feelings and honesty and patching up friendships are another matter entirely. ]
Usually "friends with benefits" entails sex, just with no strings attached.
Safewords. It's a word you and your-- I dunno, partner? Agree on for when things get too heated. Usually it's for sex, but it'd probably apply here, too.
So, like, we agree on "penguin" being the word either of us says when shit gets too real, basically, and everything comes to a stop.
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I--
Are you--
What?
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I'm not asking to be your girlfriend or anything. I'd just, you know, like to... kiss you again?
That's probably totally weird, isn't it? I'm out of my depth here, help me out.
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[ Most of the time, kissing randomly lead to having sex randomly and then ditching in the morning, so-- ]
-- What are you asking for, here? I just. I wanna make sure we're clear, here.
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I-- okay, in the Abbey, I was trained to fight- never mind all the monks and vows or whatever- they only let me have one purpose. So things like physical affection just... never came up. I never really cared to experiment, and I had no one to experiment with.
But now here we are, and having realized what I've been missing out on for the past twenty-seven years, I'd kind of like to explore it a bit more. But I don't know that I want a relationship to go with it.
And if that's totally not a thing, feel free to tell me to shut the hell up, because I really and truly have no idea how this kind of thing works.
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No, I mean-- that's not-- too weird.
So you want-- a friends with benefits thing? Is that it?
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[ Now they're easing onto more familiar territory, and he's relaxing by degrees. Sex isn't difficult to talk about -- feelings and honesty and patching up friendships are another matter entirely. ]
Usually "friends with benefits" entails sex, just with no strings attached.
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I'm sorry. You can forget I ever brought it up, if you'd rather.
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So you-- seriously just wanna make out? That's all?
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I mean, if that's really all you want--? I can manage it. Just--
[ He pauses again, chewing on his lower lip; his tone sobers when he continues. ]
--No strings, right? No relationship. We're not turning this into something-- serious.
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Friends is good. Friends I can handle.
But you really don't have to agree to anything if you don't want to.
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He smirks a little. ]
You sure you wanna do this? I'm a really good kisser. Don't wanna make you accidentally stumble into something.
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Please, Peter. It'll take more than a few kisses to make me stumble into anything.
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You sound pretty confident on that count. I guess we can do this-- but we stop when you want to, okay?
[ He pauses for a second, then laughs a little. ]
-- Shit. That means I have to teach you about safewords, huh?
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Safewords. It's a word you and your-- I dunno, partner? Agree on for when things get too heated. Usually it's for sex, but it'd probably apply here, too.
So, like, we agree on "penguin" being the word either of us says when shit gets too real, basically, and everything comes to a stop.
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Could always just say "stop," if you want, but where's the fun in that?
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-- I'm definitely not plannin' on gettin' you to that point, I can tell you that much.
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