Shadow Mountain Wire

Of course he wanted to know why! Why the attention, why the gazing, why him.

Because you do not seem to be aware of your worth. The answer came without thought or preamble. The winterwolf might have laughed that it needed to be asked, but such was Lestan’s overwhelming insecurity. Because I prefer the task of unearthing my treasures. The digging, the discovering, the polishing, the mantling. Winter’s Wake did not shy from hard work.

But mostly because you look at me like that. That barely restrained desire, that bubbling nervousness, that glint of inner fright. His skin shivered as he gazed upon Lestan’s lovely shyness. He wished to see him nervous only for him and nothing else.