[Dorian doesn't really know how to respond to compliments about his more nuanced character and merits, it's just a warm feeling that gives him a deeper appreciation of John he's never really felt for another human being. John does make him feel things, good things, warm things, awkward and embarrassing things he really shouldn't think about because it's too sentimental, even in his own mind...but...so many things
He will revisit it again later, fondly, reconsidering what he knows of himself and what he knows of John and those thoughts will only rreinforce his dangerous feelings for the man. Feelings that encourage him to aide John's struggling hand with his own, curling his fingers around those feebly wrapped around his bicep to hold him there. No one's ever promised him something like this either. Why is it so damned touching?]
I won't...you have my word.
[A small adjustment so Dorian can look John in the eyes as he says it with conviction that's difficult to muster in the wake of how exhausted John is.] And I know just how to seal a promise.
[It might have been predictable, but Dorian doesn't care, he covers John's lips with his own in a soft kiss...soft, but there is enough pressure behind it to indicate he's serious.]
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He will revisit it again later, fondly, reconsidering what he knows of himself and what he knows of John and those thoughts will only rreinforce his dangerous feelings for the man. Feelings that encourage him to aide John's struggling hand with his own, curling his fingers around those feebly wrapped around his bicep to hold him there. No one's ever promised him something like this either. Why is it so damned touching?]
I won't...you have my word.
[A small adjustment so Dorian can look John in the eyes as he says it with conviction that's difficult to muster in the wake of how exhausted John is.] And I know just how to seal a promise.
[It might have been predictable, but Dorian doesn't care, he covers John's lips with his own in a soft kiss...soft, but there is enough pressure behind it to indicate he's serious.]