[John chuckles as he pulls off the second boot. He's about to make a comeback, something smart-assed to cut the tension of being alone in his room with anyone but Rodney.
Then Poe's fingers are combing through his hair, teasing through the unruly thick of it, which feels good under normal circumstances, but great when Poe does it- and it occurs to John that maybe it's not being alone with someone who isn't Rodney, but being alone with Poe, that's making the room feel smaller, and more intimate, than he's used to it feeling.
He's gotten comfortable with Rodney. As comfortable as he gets with anyone. They're friends, and family. He doesn't know Poe as well, yet, but something tells him they might get there one day. If they don't drink themselves to death first.
John's eyes flick from Poe's face to the floor as he stows Poe's boots neatly beside his bed, then back up again. Just to see if he's still looking. Or if John's imagining things. If he's really that lonely, that he's projecting his own selfish fantasies onto a vulnerable friend who needs him during a dark time.]
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Date: 2018-01-17 05:42 am (UTC)Then Poe's fingers are combing through his hair, teasing through the unruly thick of it, which feels good under normal circumstances, but great when Poe does it- and it occurs to John that maybe it's not being alone with someone who isn't Rodney, but being alone with Poe, that's making the room feel smaller, and more intimate, than he's used to it feeling.
He's gotten comfortable with Rodney. As comfortable as he gets with anyone. They're friends, and family. He doesn't know Poe as well, yet, but something tells him they might get there one day. If they don't drink themselves to death first.
John's eyes flick from Poe's face to the floor as he stows Poe's boots neatly beside his bed, then back up again. Just to see if he's still looking. Or if John's imagining things. If he's really that lonely, that he's projecting his own selfish fantasies onto a vulnerable friend who needs him during a dark time.]
You... good to go?