[It’s been a long time since he’s done this with anyone. Longer still, with Arthur. They were friends first and they had their boundaries. Lines drawn to keep them safe.
He considers backing out. Sending a message telling Arthur that he’s changed his mind.
This will break down some of those walls. Exposure and vulnerability were a deterrent for something like this. He could already see all of Cobb’s weak points, could read him better than anyone else. But he needed it. The contact and distraction. Intimacy with another person who was real. That he could feel beneath his fingertips.
He turns the shower off and wraps a towel around his waist.]
Empty threats, Arthur?
[Cobb asks, as he closes the bathroom door behind him.]
no subject
He considers backing out. Sending a message telling Arthur that he’s changed his mind.
This will break down some of those walls. Exposure and vulnerability were a deterrent for something like this. He could already see all of Cobb’s weak points, could read him better than anyone else. But he needed it. The contact and distraction. Intimacy with another person who was real. That he could feel beneath his fingertips.
He turns the shower off and wraps a towel around his waist.]
Empty threats, Arthur?
[Cobb asks, as he closes the bathroom door behind him.]