That was simply... tantalizing. The way you worked up to it. All of Jamie's anticipation of seeing Jim at the station. Then having to wait until the next evening. Then the heat from the dinner. Then the awkwardness of actually being alone together. Then that beautifully clumsy, intense, fumbling, loving first time. It all just worked over in waves of give and take, much like the whole chapter, and I never felt like I was given too much or too little at once.
(Also, of course: HOT. Ye gods. *fans self* I'm imagining them taking time in the morning to learn each other a bit more slowly, and that is a very nice thought indeed...)
And then to top it all off they're having conversations about philosophy and war and bravery, and it's just a really intense, really fulfilling read, through and through.
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That was simply... tantalizing. The way you worked up to it. All of Jamie's anticipation of seeing Jim at the station. Then having to wait until the next evening. Then the heat from the dinner. Then the awkwardness of actually being alone together. Then that beautifully clumsy, intense, fumbling, loving first time. It all just worked over in waves of give and take, much like the whole chapter, and I never felt like I was given too much or too little at once.
(Also, of course: HOT. Ye gods. *fans self* I'm imagining them taking time in the morning to learn each other a bit more slowly, and that is a very nice thought indeed...)
And then to top it all off they're having conversations about philosophy and war and bravery, and it's just a really intense, really fulfilling read, through and through.