Koby, you do kind things for the people here without even blinking. I hardly think that's accurate, what you've said.
[ but he watches as koby brings out the little device, tilting his head at it before reaching to take them, turning them over in his hands this way and that. he's not seen them before, but koby seems to trust them and so does he. ]
They're for listening?
[ the fact that once they're on, he won't be able to hear anything else does do something - makes a little zing of uncertainty dance up his spine. a blindfold is one thing - he doesn't need his eyes to tell him where to go. but his ears? he has to be able to hear to visualize where he's going - to hear their destination and his hearing being dulled surprises him.
how had alonso not figured this out, when koby is here but months of knowing him and he anticipated the uncertainty. but koby has worked hard for whatever this is. planned, brought him here, handed him these things. so it must be safe. it must be. he sucks in a breath and shrugs his shoulders, trying to seem nonchalant. ]
Mm. Hold my hand during it. If we cannot be naked in bed together I suppose that will be the best alternative.
[ he grins a little, moving to put the headphones on the way they look to go on, and his hand falls to koby's knee, palm up.
the silence is almost immediately claustrophobic, his gut twisting uncertainly, but he continues to take easy, careful breaths. if koby takes his hand, he'll grip it a little tighter, eyes staying focused on koby's, his true north. ]
no subject
[ but he watches as koby brings out the little device, tilting his head at it before reaching to take them, turning them over in his hands this way and that. he's not seen them before, but koby seems to trust them and so does he. ]
They're for listening?
[ the fact that once they're on, he won't be able to hear anything else does do something - makes a little zing of uncertainty dance up his spine. a blindfold is one thing - he doesn't need his eyes to tell him where to go. but his ears? he has to be able to hear to visualize where he's going - to hear their destination and his hearing being dulled surprises him.
how had alonso not figured this out, when koby is here but months of knowing him and he anticipated the uncertainty. but koby has worked hard for whatever this is. planned, brought him here, handed him these things. so it must be safe. it must be. he sucks in a breath and shrugs his shoulders, trying to seem nonchalant. ]
Mm. Hold my hand during it. If we cannot be naked in bed together I suppose that will be the best alternative.
[ he grins a little, moving to put the headphones on the way they look to go on, and his hand falls to koby's knee, palm up.
the silence is almost immediately claustrophobic, his gut twisting uncertainly, but he continues to take easy, careful breaths. if koby takes his hand, he'll grip it a little tighter, eyes staying focused on koby's, his true north. ]