[ It doesn't take a detective to see it, but Astarion is especially perceptive to how she responds to his attention. Pent-up is right. He's always found himself putting on a familiar role with the inexperienced; the beguiling teacher, tempting them into sin. He slips into that same role easily now, like putting on a well-worn pair of shoes. Not the pair he'd pick out for himself, but they fit all the same.
He slides both of his hands down to her shoulders, having almost entirely given up the act of washing. ]
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He slides both of his hands down to her shoulders, having almost entirely given up the act of washing. ]
I can be very nice.