Except...he's not expecting Sylvain to settle back onto him, or to caress his face like that. And when the other keeps talking, Basch's expression grows pained, head shaking sharply. ]
You haven't done anything wrong. I'm upset with myself.
[ Which, now that he's said it, is certainly true. ]
I'm sorry. I knew I was off, and I shouldn't have had you come back with me until I'd managed my feelings.
[ It had been yet another divulgence in his rawness. Sylvain had offered and...and he'd wanted to just feel safe and wanted, even if he knew he had to grapple with the reality of what the beach had brought up. It would be fine. He just...shouldn't have dragged Sylvain into it until he'd sorted himself. ]
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Except...he's not expecting Sylvain to settle back onto him, or to caress his face like that. And when the other keeps talking, Basch's expression grows pained, head shaking sharply. ]
You haven't done anything wrong. I'm upset with myself.
[ Which, now that he's said it, is certainly true. ]
I'm sorry. I knew I was off, and I shouldn't have had you come back with me until I'd managed my feelings.
[ It had been yet another divulgence in his rawness. Sylvain had offered and...and he'd wanted to just feel safe and wanted, even if he knew he had to grapple with the reality of what the beach had brought up. It would be fine. He just...shouldn't have dragged Sylvain into it until he'd sorted himself. ]