[ The soft hum and quiet 'thanks' Rex gives at the compliment may as well be jumping for joy. Lin's love for good looking things is taking into account, and he considers 'it looks good on you' to be high praise indeed. The soft smile doesn't last long, as few do on Rex's lips and is missed as Lin fixes his drink. Rex has his hands crossed at the small of his back as he looks out. Even this small taste of normalcy is pure luxury to him, and he indulges as fully as he can. His eyes drift to Lin's fingers when they touch the glass- those hands are pretty luxurious themselves. ]
The van isn't suitable for all scenarios. Besides... You don't like it.
[ His instinctive need to eat and drink everything as swiftly as possible strikes again- when the glass reaches his lips, it doesn't leave them until every drop is gone, leaning back a little towards the end to make the angle as steep as possible. A few quick flicks of his thumb wipes the milk moustache away before he puts the glass down.
Just in time for his huge hands to be treated to some pampering. Every part of his hands are rough, his knuckles swollen from years of punching, the heels of his palms thickened, fingers thick with his body's attempt to pad them. Lin's, in contrast, are so small and lovely, though certainly not delicate- he can feel the strength in them as they work over his stony hands. He sees that the drawn on ring has all but vanished from Lin's skin and has a pang of... something. Something he doesn't have a word for. It's probably not accurate to say that Rex falls in love with Lin right then, but there's no denying the sudden and simple realisation he does love him, in his strange broken way. Rex just wants to be near him, make him happy. Is that so wrong? He can't imagine so. ]
Mmm. [ None of his unforeseen internal revelation shows on Rex's face as he stares at his hands, moving fingers over themselves. ] They don't feel quite so sore as usual.
[ he had deemed it good enough to kill some asshole inside, and that counts for something. but they won't speak about that, because he's pretty sure his casual recklessness and complete disregard for his belongings had traumatized rex for life. he should behave better, probably.
doing such a small favor for rex fills him with a certain pleasure, sating some repressed need for a human touch that doesn't involve violence. those touches are few and far between, usually coming in the form of entirely meaningless sex that scratches an itch but does little else. there's no affection or caring or, heaven forbid, love involved. lin knows scarcely anything about love anyway, unless it's the sort of familial bond that he's given up his life and happiness for.
it feels different with rex. he doesn't owe him anything, and rex isn't asking anything of him, either. he just doesn't want his hands to hurt. ]
Just because you use your hands for this kind of work doesn't mean you don't need to take care of them. They're the only hands you're gonna get. Don't you want to use them to touch people?
[ him, specifically. he's finishing his drink quicker now, swallowing down every awful bit just because it gives him a way to hide the stupid flush rising in his cheeks. if he works his way through the other cans, he can blame it on the alcohol. ]
We should get going soon. You've seen my place, it's nothing special.
[ he's fiddling with his bag now, throwing in more arbitrary items just to be doing something that isn't looking at rex. ]
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[ The soft hum and quiet 'thanks' Rex gives at the compliment may as well be jumping for joy. Lin's love for good looking things is taking into account, and he considers 'it looks good on you' to be high praise indeed. The soft smile doesn't last long, as few do on Rex's lips and is missed as Lin fixes his drink. Rex has his hands crossed at the small of his back as he looks out. Even this small taste of normalcy is pure luxury to him, and he indulges as fully as he can. His eyes drift to Lin's fingers when they touch the glass- those hands are pretty luxurious themselves. ]
The van isn't suitable for all scenarios. Besides... You don't like it.
[ His instinctive need to eat and drink everything as swiftly as possible strikes again- when the glass reaches his lips, it doesn't leave them until every drop is gone, leaning back a little towards the end to make the angle as steep as possible. A few quick flicks of his thumb wipes the milk moustache away before he puts the glass down.
Just in time for his huge hands to be treated to some pampering. Every part of his hands are rough, his knuckles swollen from years of punching, the heels of his palms thickened, fingers thick with his body's attempt to pad them. Lin's, in contrast, are so small and lovely, though certainly not delicate- he can feel the strength in them as they work over his stony hands. He sees that the drawn on ring has all but vanished from Lin's skin and has a pang of... something. Something he doesn't have a word for. It's probably not accurate to say that Rex falls in love with Lin right then, but there's no denying the sudden and simple realisation he does love him, in his strange broken way. Rex just wants to be near him, make him happy. Is that so wrong? He can't imagine so. ]
Mmm. [ None of his unforeseen internal revelation shows on Rex's face as he stares at his hands, moving fingers over themselves. ] They don't feel quite so sore as usual.
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[ he had deemed it good enough to kill some asshole inside, and that counts for something. but they won't speak about that, because he's pretty sure his casual recklessness and complete disregard for his belongings had traumatized rex for life. he should behave better, probably.
doing such a small favor for rex fills him with a certain pleasure, sating some repressed need for a human touch that doesn't involve violence. those touches are few and far between, usually coming in the form of entirely meaningless sex that scratches an itch but does little else. there's no affection or caring or, heaven forbid, love involved. lin knows scarcely anything about love anyway, unless it's the sort of familial bond that he's given up his life and happiness for.
it feels different with rex. he doesn't owe him anything, and rex isn't asking anything of him, either. he just doesn't want his hands to hurt. ]
Just because you use your hands for this kind of work doesn't mean you don't need to take care of them. They're the only hands you're gonna get. Don't you want to use them to touch people?
[ him, specifically. he's finishing his drink quicker now, swallowing down every awful bit just because it gives him a way to hide the stupid flush rising in his cheeks. if he works his way through the other cans, he can blame it on the alcohol. ]
We should get going soon. You've seen my place, it's nothing special.
[ he's fiddling with his bag now, throwing in more arbitrary items just to be doing something that isn't looking at rex. ]