[ safer. fitz seriously doubts that. he resists the urge to look away, but the way he watches ward is more akin to how someone would watch a dangerous animal, a threat — there's nothing open about it, nothing intentionally intimate.
faster's correct. the truth is that fitz can't think of any alternatives, doubts he'd have the gear or fine motor control to tamper with alien nanite technology if he even had a clue where to start. ]
Fine.
[ but he doesn't move. not right away, at least. it takes a few seconds to get up the nerve to do anything, and when he does all he does is offer his hand up, willingly this time. the gesture's still tense, running contrary to instinct. ]
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faster's correct. the truth is that fitz can't think of any alternatives, doubts he'd have the gear or fine motor control to tamper with alien nanite technology if he even had a clue where to start. ]
Fine.
[ but he doesn't move. not right away, at least. it takes a few seconds to get up the nerve to do anything, and when he does all he does is offer his hand up, willingly this time. the gesture's still tense, running contrary to instinct. ]