[ He's not exactly sorry. It was either that, or the risk of spillage-and-slippage. That'd replace the cute-fun-pissy look on her face with real horror, he's sure. He takes her swat in good part, letting her climb off. Stretches to work the kinks from his legs. With the same absent coordination that slipped the condom on, he discards it in the adjacent wastebin. Slips back into his pants with a relaxed shift of weight. On his feet, life always has a way of crashing back on him, with the cold slap of a wave breaking. But he's willing to let that bleakness coexist with this agreeably elastic buzz. ]
[ There's a quiet thrill in watching Korra, backside appled up, scavenge for her clothes. A moment later, he puts all pleasant distractions aside, his expression butter-wouldn't-melt. Laundry Box Things? Oh. Right. ] I'll handle it. Take your shower. [ The washer/dryer is in the kitchen. But given her rocky romance with technology, he's not letting her near it. Hair mussed, barefoot in wrinkled trousers, he pads across the floor to scoop up her breadcrumb trail of clothes. Congratulations. You got him to feed you and do your laundry. He's not sure whether to feel like a whipped pathetico or a glorified babysitter. ]
[(Back in South America, Maxley used to sneer that Hei was both. But that was before he'd developed a reputation for perfect cruelty and ruthlessness. All for Pai's sake.) ]
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[ There's a quiet thrill in watching Korra, backside appled up, scavenge for her clothes. A moment later, he puts all pleasant distractions aside, his expression butter-wouldn't-melt. Laundry Box Things? Oh. Right. ] I'll handle it. Take your shower. [ The washer/dryer is in the kitchen. But given her rocky romance with technology, he's not letting her near it. Hair mussed, barefoot in wrinkled trousers, he pads across the floor to scoop up her breadcrumb trail of clothes. Congratulations. You got him to feed you and do your laundry. He's not sure whether to feel like a whipped pathetico or a glorified babysitter. ]
[(Back in South America, Maxley used to sneer that Hei was both. But that was before he'd developed a reputation for perfect cruelty and ruthlessness. All for Pai's sake.) ]