Raven's Watch a string of broken christmas lights

he wanted to whisper you should be, but lionel was tongue-tied as she stepped dismissively over him, and suddenly ended their connection with even a slender distance. a breath spiraling out from his lungs, held for god knows how long. the fire of her burned at him; he was compelled to only bob his head with a nod.
lionel missed the nuance of her intonation; he knew only that he must follow, and desire strengthened his shock-laden limbs as he straightened to his full height before her. "please show me."
a confidence he did not feel, something that wanted to feel her teeth around his neck. it was not an urge the boy had ever experienced, and he leant drunkenly into it.