Hartley could hear the way Dick's heart-rate increased suddenly as they kissed. It wasn't even a very passionate one, just slow and sweet. Yet it left him feeling vaguely warmed on the inside but that could have just been the relief in not having Dick try to deck him or yank away in disgust.
A slightly hesitant smile pulled at the redhead's lips when he heard those words. "No, you definitely weren't." And when the younger man pulled him into a hug, he went along with it. Piper hadn't gotten too many of those in his lifetime. His parents had been emotionally distant and remote for most of his life. The only hugs and affection he'd gotten as a child had been from the hired staff and nannies who were hired to watch over Hartley and his sister. It hadn't been until he'd gotten out on his own and buried himself in the gay scene that Piper had come to know people so utterly unlike anything in his privileged upbringing. Twinks, drag queens and a whole host of people brought together by the tenuous bonds of being excluded from polite society because of the nature of their sexual orientation.
Piper hugged him back gently. "I know, worst timing ever." He smiled wryly and leaned his cheek against Dick's affectionately before he pulled back. "And I'm sure you desperately want that coffee and to find that hotel. Do you want to leave the car here and take mine? It'll be easier than trying to follow me through a strange city, probably."
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Date: 2013-05-26 12:00 am (UTC)A slightly hesitant smile pulled at the redhead's lips when he heard those words. "No, you definitely weren't." And when the younger man pulled him into a hug, he went along with it. Piper hadn't gotten too many of those in his lifetime. His parents had been emotionally distant and remote for most of his life. The only hugs and affection he'd gotten as a child had been from the hired staff and nannies who were hired to watch over Hartley and his sister. It hadn't been until he'd gotten out on his own and buried himself in the gay scene that Piper had come to know people so utterly unlike anything in his privileged upbringing. Twinks, drag queens and a whole host of people brought together by the tenuous bonds of being excluded from polite society because of the nature of their sexual orientation.
Piper hugged him back gently. "I know, worst timing ever." He smiled wryly and leaned his cheek against Dick's affectionately before he pulled back. "And I'm sure you desperately want that coffee and to find that hotel. Do you want to leave the car here and take mine? It'll be easier than trying to follow me through a strange city, probably."