Alex watches Thor removing his shoulder, his eyes casually moving over him. He thinks not for the first time that they should stop playing this game that things can only be just to sate a need for so long before it's...more. Alex continually guards himself against more but it creeps on the edges, the playful moments, the tender ones, the ones of anger that were in no short supply. He sits up a little more and pushes the encroaching thoughts away.
"A little," Alex doubles down on his original statement with a small smirk.
"Very well." He replied, voice a low, amused rumble once more as he stepped forward putting himself only just within reach, if Alex stretched a little, curious to see just how long he could hold out, how long they both could.
"A little it is, then." There was merriment in his eyes as there so often was, but it wasn't mocking, it was just quiet and pleased, happy to be where he was.
Sometimes, Thor could almost bring out a lightness in Alex, shed away some of the walls and armor built up to survive. He never quite completely lets go even when Thor virtually takes him apart there's always something held back, a measure of control clung to.
"We quite often are, I've found." He replied, inching just a little closer once more, taking his time, waiting to see which of them caved and actually reached out first or if they'd simply end up pressed together, keeping their hands to themselves until the last possible moment, which had happened at least once that he could recall, like some odd game of chicken.
"It seems not much has changed here in my absence." Difficult to say if he meant SHIELD as a whole or just Alex's quarters, it was just as likely that he meant both, or would decide which it had been based on Alex's response.
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"A little," Alex doubles down on his original statement with a small smirk.
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"A little it is, then." There was merriment in his eyes as there so often was, but it wasn't mocking, it was just quiet and pleased, happy to be where he was.
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"Glad we're in agreement."
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"It seems not much has changed here in my absence." Difficult to say if he meant SHIELD as a whole or just Alex's quarters, it was just as likely that he meant both, or would decide which it had been based on Alex's response.