pathetic yearner dex
you couldn’t have had any idea the way i’ve been thinking of pathetic yearner dex the past couple days but you wanna know something crazy that won’t leave my head and will be added into tffg2?
“Just the glass.” Livia said firmly before leaning against the countertop behind her. Dex gave a breathy chuckle as he nodded and turned his attention to the imbedded object.
Livia knew she didn’t have to say more. She knew Dex, even now, like the back of her hand. Her boundary was set and it was firm. He’d never dream of pushing past it.
Even before, when she had done the same, there times when he wanted to. She could always see the thought behind his eyes. To touch a little longer. To squeeze. little tighter. To go just a little farther. But he never did. He’d wait, stay within her limits until she gave him more freedom or take it away.
She didn’t have to say much for him to stop. As soon as she said the word, the simple single syllable of ‘stop’ or ‘wait’, he would freeze. Livia didn’t like to think of him as trained to do so. Something about that made her stomach twist with guilt. Instead, it was like her voice could cut through whatever was going on in his head.
As he was on his knees in front of her, gently tending to the stupid shard of glass in her abdomen, her boundary started to feel less firm. Maybe she did want more. Maybe she wanted his touch to last a little longer. That was when she realized something that should’ve worried her.
She was safe with Dex. If any other person in New York tried to claim feeling safe with the infamous Bullseye, Livia would laugh in their face. When she said it though, there was no denying it.
Dex must’ve felt the new tension in her because he looked up at her now, one hand holding her hip steady while the other applied pressure to the wound. His eyes were wide, confused, searching for answer.
God, Livia shouldn’t have loved the sight as much as she did.
“Aly?” Dex asked.
Livia felt something deep in her chest snap and she offered him one, singular nod. Dex hesitated, only for a moment, before he understood what she meant.
