[she had thought herself safe with Keith when the first few sensations of her heat made itself known to her. he's an Earthling, she told herself. he's not Altean. not someone who seemed particularly interested in her beyond simply being a friend, a teammate, unlike someone like Lance who pressed otherwise.
but, he's Galra too. for a moment, almost forgetting, and shocked at the sudden reaction to her getting close to him, his grip strong and her thoughts jostled from being pushed away.
a grip that she...likes. but she keeps from biting her lip, instead opening her mouth to respond, to say it's nothing, until he pulls her in a moment later, the sound and feel of him smelling the scent glands just below her ears, at the juncture where her jawbone meets her neck, has the hairs at the back of her neck prickling. skin rising into little bumps.]
I-it's...something that happens every few phoebs. [she's trying desperately to play it cool, eyes looking skyward, up towards the branches of trees sketching wobbly lines against a darkening sky full of stars.
her heartrate is rising despite it.] It isn't anything, really. Just...a cycle.
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but, he's Galra too. for a moment, almost forgetting, and shocked at the sudden reaction to her getting close to him, his grip strong and her thoughts jostled from being pushed away.
a grip that she...likes. but she keeps from biting her lip, instead opening her mouth to respond, to say it's nothing, until he pulls her in a moment later, the sound and feel of him smelling the scent glands just below her ears, at the juncture where her jawbone meets her neck, has the hairs at the back of her neck prickling. skin rising into little bumps.]
I-it's...something that happens every few phoebs. [she's trying desperately to play it cool, eyes looking skyward, up towards the branches of trees sketching wobbly lines against a darkening sky full of stars.
her heartrate is rising despite it.] It isn't anything, really. Just...a cycle.