[ It doesn't take an empathy bond for Nate to pick up on his startlement; not but a second after he takes that hand a swiftly tugged falling feeling pulls a stuttered gasp through him that hitches quietly in his chest. A little bit of momentary mental vertigo as his mind tries to reconcile the feeling and what it's seeing with the realization that he's actually still sitting on a couch. A few swimming but determined seconds pass and then he orients himself, discomfort dismissed easily in favor of curiosity.
He was definitely wrong about those mental images; blurry and indistinct yes, but aside from that even if they'd been crystal clear they wouldn't stack up to the actual sight Nate pushes into him. Courtesy of the skin to skin contact Nate gets a very up close front row seat to Ian's reaction — namely, the transference of a suitable amount of awe and wonderment. An appreciation that maybe can't ever stack up to the kind Nate has for it, but a not insignificant one all the same. They're equal parts beautiful and magical, and they're both heightened by the color Nate's emotion gives them. Some of his excitement bleeds through the memories, bleeds into Ian's skin, becomes Ian's excitement by proxy.
Then all at once they're gone, and it takes Ian a second or two to blink back to reality. His reaction, while small, is completely genuine. ]
Wow.
[ Seriously, what else can you say about that? They're once in a lifetime sights, except-- well, more than once for Nate, and now they've been duplicated against all laws of nature. ]
That's crazy. Sucks about the shooting still, but wow.
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He was definitely wrong about those mental images; blurry and indistinct yes, but aside from that even if they'd been crystal clear they wouldn't stack up to the actual sight Nate pushes into him. Courtesy of the skin to skin contact Nate gets a very up close front row seat to Ian's reaction — namely, the transference of a suitable amount of awe and wonderment. An appreciation that maybe can't ever stack up to the kind Nate has for it, but a not insignificant one all the same. They're equal parts beautiful and magical, and they're both heightened by the color Nate's emotion gives them. Some of his excitement bleeds through the memories, bleeds into Ian's skin, becomes Ian's excitement by proxy.
Then all at once they're gone, and it takes Ian a second or two to blink back to reality. His reaction, while small, is completely genuine. ]
Wow.
[ Seriously, what else can you say about that? They're once in a lifetime sights, except-- well, more than once for Nate, and now they've been duplicated against all laws of nature. ]
That's crazy. Sucks about the shooting still, but wow.