[ When Carver takes hold of him, there is a pause at first, opening his eyes to take in the whole of his demeanor, ascertain that he is not being signaled to stop.
Gold strokes the full length of him, careful with his application of pressure -- not foregoing entirely, but seeming to know when to increase, for how long, where to focus the tension most. For a man who doesn't really do this much, especially not to himself, he still seems to know well enough what he is doing, following a mix of distant experience and just feeling out Carver's reactions. ]
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Gold strokes the full length of him, careful with his application of pressure -- not foregoing entirely, but seeming to know when to increase, for how long, where to focus the tension most. For a man who doesn't really do this much, especially not to himself, he still seems to know well enough what he is doing, following a mix of distant experience and just feeling out Carver's reactions. ]