[ Objectively, they fit well together. Benedict is hugely tall, and Dani is pretty petite, so in some respects it's surely comical, but the way she tucks in close to his front feels nice, and when she's wearing high heels like the ones she's got on now, it feels natural to use his hand on her spine to press her a little closer and duck his head to just barely nuzzle at her hair.
Benedict has never felt a dearth of affection in his life. He has a large extended family that's perhaps too close for comfort, his cousin is only a few years younger than him, and his parents were very affectionate people who gave their son anything he needed from them.
This is different, though. He's always been too reserved, too shy, to have managed a proper relationship, and so he hasn't had much opportunity to hold a pretty girl close and feel her fondle his collar pointedly as they dance together.
Sometimes he wonders if she would have ever noticed him if he hadn't been assigned to her. He doubts he would have gone up to her and struck up any but the most casual of conversations, which means that he might never have been afforded the opportunity to realize just how normal people live their lives. This shouldn't be as novel to him as it is, but here he is, dancing with his girlfriend at a party like any other guy in the city. ]
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Date: 2018-01-10 08:52 pm (UTC)Benedict has never felt a dearth of affection in his life. He has a large extended family that's perhaps too close for comfort, his cousin is only a few years younger than him, and his parents were very affectionate people who gave their son anything he needed from them.
This is different, though. He's always been too reserved, too shy, to have managed a proper relationship, and so he hasn't had much opportunity to hold a pretty girl close and feel her fondle his collar pointedly as they dance together.
Sometimes he wonders if she would have ever noticed him if he hadn't been assigned to her. He doubts he would have gone up to her and struck up any but the most casual of conversations, which means that he might never have been afforded the opportunity to realize just how normal people live their lives. This shouldn't be as novel to him as it is, but here he is, dancing with his girlfriend at a party like any other guy in the city. ]