[Gabriel sounds less confident than he usually does. On some level, he knows he's backed himself into a corner--placed himself very firmly into one of Jack's areas of expertise. Perhaps he'd thought that Jack wouldn't rise to the occasion, but here he is, doing that and more. He wonders, briefly, if he's going to regret this. If it's all just the alcohol for both of them.
But he'd never back down from a challenge, even if it's one he initiated. Gabriel doesn't flinch. In fact, he finds that Jack getting so close to him is strangely welcoming, like he's finally fighting back after so many months of Gabriel working expressly to get under his skin.
It's a little more intoxicating than he expected, but he tells himself it's just the wine talking. He tilts his head a little, as if trying to appraise what Jack is planning to do, even though it's fairly obvious, at this point.]
I asked you to be honest.
[Something, it occurs to him, that Gabriel rarely does in return.]
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[Gabriel sounds less confident than he usually does. On some level, he knows he's backed himself into a corner--placed himself very firmly into one of Jack's areas of expertise. Perhaps he'd thought that Jack wouldn't rise to the occasion, but here he is, doing that and more. He wonders, briefly, if he's going to regret this. If it's all just the alcohol for both of them.
But he'd never back down from a challenge, even if it's one he initiated. Gabriel doesn't flinch. In fact, he finds that Jack getting so close to him is strangely welcoming, like he's finally fighting back after so many months of Gabriel working expressly to get under his skin.
It's a little more intoxicating than he expected, but he tells himself it's just the wine talking. He tilts his head a little, as if trying to appraise what Jack is planning to do, even though it's fairly obvious, at this point.]
I asked you to be honest.
[Something, it occurs to him, that Gabriel rarely does in return.]