( You're a monster earns a breathy laugh against the side of his neck, clearly too pleased with the assessment. It fades into something more genuine, something more fond. Becomes kind of a nuzzle, with his nose pressing gently along the column of Nate's throat. )
I missed you, too.
( Quiet and sincere, accompanied by the sweeping of his thumbs along Nate's sides.
He always misses Nate when he's gone, starting way back in what now feels like an earlier incarnation of themselves. Months between when they'd see each other, before they ever talked about it. It's a feeling that got more tempered with age, with the miles under their belt together, but it's never really gone away.
He's said it before, somewhere under blankets in the privacy of a hotel room: I just really, really like being around you. )
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I missed you, too.
( Quiet and sincere, accompanied by the sweeping of his thumbs along Nate's sides.
He always misses Nate when he's gone, starting way back in what now feels like an earlier incarnation of themselves. Months between when they'd see each other, before they ever talked about it. It's a feeling that got more tempered with age, with the miles under their belt together, but it's never really gone away.
He's said it before, somewhere under blankets in the privacy of a hotel room: I just really, really like being around you. )