[ It feels like they've been working up to this for a while now, but regardless, Finn still manages to be surprised when Poe pulls his hand away and then leans in to replace the placement of his thumb with his mouth instead, and no matter how much he's been curious about what it could feel like between them, that doesn't change the fact that he's still never done this before, with anyone. He doesn't even know if he's going to be any good at it, and that uncertainty flares up through the empathy bond where they're touching in multiple places, the twining of their fingers, even the press of Poe's lips against his own.
It helps, though, that the other man has more confidence, more familiarity with what to do here, and what comes through the bond from his side, comfort and an utter lack of doubting, puts some of Finn's anxieties at ease.
Even if this doesn't turn into anything beyond tonight, he has to believe that nothing will change between them — at least, he hopes it won't, and that he hasn't done enough to turn Poe away from potentially wanting to do more. That said, a part of him would be mostly content to just sit here and kiss, mostly because he doesn't know the first thing about proceeding.
But he does finally break the kiss, pressing his lips together and sweeping his tongue between them, feeling more emboldened now but also a little sheepish too. ]
And it doesn't bother you that I've never...? [ He doesn't think he needs to go into specifics on what he doesn't have experience in, that Poe will be able to fill in the blanks without him having to clarify further. The fact that he doesn't even fully know what goes into them doing more than kissing is probably proof enough of that. ]
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It helps, though, that the other man has more confidence, more familiarity with what to do here, and what comes through the bond from his side, comfort and an utter lack of doubting, puts some of Finn's anxieties at ease.
Even if this doesn't turn into anything beyond tonight, he has to believe that nothing will change between them — at least, he hopes it won't, and that he hasn't done enough to turn Poe away from potentially wanting to do more. That said, a part of him would be mostly content to just sit here and kiss, mostly because he doesn't know the first thing about proceeding.
But he does finally break the kiss, pressing his lips together and sweeping his tongue between them, feeling more emboldened now but also a little sheepish too. ]
And it doesn't bother you that I've never...? [ He doesn't think he needs to go into specifics on what he doesn't have experience in, that Poe will be able to fill in the blanks without him having to clarify further. The fact that he doesn't even fully know what goes into them doing more than kissing is probably proof enough of that. ]