Seth doesn't pull his hand back when Daniel goes rigid, thinking he is just surprised again, that he'll relax in a moment and appreciate the comfort, but then he doesn't, and Seth gets worried, thinking he's overstepped his bounds this time.
And then Daniel says that, and Seth pulls his hand away immediately, not at all sure where the line for 'too physically intimate' goes, and not wanting to be anywhere near that line until he figures it out.
He's definitely overstepped.
Except, Daniel had seemed into the kissing earlier, hadn't he? It feels a little more blurred now, muddled by Seth's panic earlier, harder to be certain. But Daniel had reassured him, used the words 'mutual' and 'very nice', which had implied... But now a hand on the back is too intimate? It confuses Seth.
Or perhaps it's just a preliminary warning, just to ward Seth off before it goes further, and in usual circumstances a hand on the back would be fine. Perhaps Daniel is just scared Seth is gonna want to have sex with him, that that was the reason he asked him over.
Which... Okay, yes, Seth does want to have sex with Daniel, he thinks he would very much enjoy that in fact, because Daniel is very attractive and Seth already likes him rather a lot. But he would only enjoy that if Daniel did too, and it's certainly not a, a requirement. It's not the important thing. The important thing here is Daniel.
"Okay," he answers, setting his box of food down as well and rubbing his hands together nervously. "I'm sorry," he adds, because he's pretty sure he's done something wrong.
But he doesn't know where to go from that. He's confused and he's got a lot of questions, none of which he has any right to answers to, nor does he know how to pose them, in a way that would be... sensitive and considerate and respectful and not make them both feel even more awkward.
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And then Daniel says that, and Seth pulls his hand away immediately, not at all sure where the line for 'too physically intimate' goes, and not wanting to be anywhere near that line until he figures it out.
He's definitely overstepped.
Except, Daniel had seemed into the kissing earlier, hadn't he? It feels a little more blurred now, muddled by Seth's panic earlier, harder to be certain. But Daniel had reassured him, used the words 'mutual' and 'very nice', which had implied... But now a hand on the back is too intimate? It confuses Seth.
Or perhaps it's just a preliminary warning, just to ward Seth off before it goes further, and in usual circumstances a hand on the back would be fine. Perhaps Daniel is just scared Seth is gonna want to have sex with him, that that was the reason he asked him over.
Which... Okay, yes, Seth does want to have sex with Daniel, he thinks he would very much enjoy that in fact, because Daniel is very attractive and Seth already likes him rather a lot. But he would only enjoy that if Daniel did too, and it's certainly not a, a requirement. It's not the important thing. The important thing here is Daniel.
"Okay," he answers, setting his box of food down as well and rubbing his hands together nervously. "I'm sorry," he adds, because he's pretty sure he's done something wrong.
But he doesn't know where to go from that. He's confused and he's got a lot of questions, none of which he has any right to answers to, nor does he know how to pose them, in a way that would be... sensitive and considerate and respectful and not make them both feel even more awkward.