[ Oswald...! Jack's face nearly broke into a smile at the laughable way that Oswald stroked his hair, twining it around his hand.
If it was a seduction he wanted, all he had to do was ask. It was familiar, a matter of due course. He had just never expected the next head of Baskerville to want what he had to offer. Perhaps he should have guessed, perhaps Jack should have known. He won't make that same mistake twice.
But, even so, he clung not to the hand that offered comfort, that offered an end to the fevered dreams and the nausea in his stomach. No, he clung to the words and the near deadpan delivery. ]
So you have suffered through it once before. [ Jack's voice was sharp even though his face was carefully neutral. ] Who did you find to cure it?
[ Jealous? Not at all. But Oswald was never one for overt affection. Whoever witnessed Oswald desperate and begging, well... Jack may just have to pay a visit. He had an eye collection in need of building. ]
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If it was a seduction he wanted, all he had to do was ask. It was familiar, a matter of due course. He had just never expected the next head of Baskerville to want what he had to offer. Perhaps he should have guessed, perhaps Jack should have known. He won't make that same mistake twice.
But, even so, he clung not to the hand that offered comfort, that offered an end to the fevered dreams and the nausea in his stomach. No, he clung to the words and the near deadpan delivery. ]
So you have suffered through it once before. [ Jack's voice was sharp even though his face was carefully neutral. ] Who did you find to cure it?
[ Jealous? Not at all. But Oswald was never one for overt affection. Whoever witnessed Oswald desperate and begging, well... Jack may just have to pay a visit. He had an eye collection in need of building. ]