[ Prepared for it, the sudden voice speaking in his mind startled Eliot and made the beast want to growl, but Eliot slammed the creature back in its cage before it could make even the first noise of protest in his mind.
It was amazing, he heard the other as clearly as if Loki had spoken aloud and he heard him with his ears, except he knew, even without seeing those sealed lips, that it wasn't the case.
An overwhelming sense of relief flooded through him when he realized that for another day, his beastly secret was safe. The moment was short lived, however, when he suddenly felt Loki cut off their communication and slump heavily against him. It surprised Eliot enough to nearly stagger them both, but he recovered and quickly propped the other back up. Carefully, he maneuvered Loki until the man rested against him and the tree.
Guilt washed through the retrieval specialist when he realized this trick, whatever it was, must have drained Loki of his energy. The other probably did it only at his insistence and this tired form was the result.
From what he could recall of Loki's anguished sounding tone, the man was desperately afraid of being left alone. Lowering his head, Eliot whined softly in apology. Not knowing how else to help than to use his proximity again, he curled up beside Loki and lowered his head onto the other man's lap. He was sorry, he really didn't mean to push the other so. Don't worry Loki, Eliot had the whole night and he wasn't going anywhere. ]
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It was amazing, he heard the other as clearly as if Loki had spoken aloud and he heard him with his ears, except he knew, even without seeing those sealed lips, that it wasn't the case.
An overwhelming sense of relief flooded through him when he realized that for another day, his beastly secret was safe. The moment was short lived, however, when he suddenly felt Loki cut off their communication and slump heavily against him. It surprised Eliot enough to nearly stagger them both, but he recovered and quickly propped the other back up. Carefully, he maneuvered Loki until the man rested against him and the tree.
Guilt washed through the retrieval specialist when he realized this trick, whatever it was, must have drained Loki of his energy. The other probably did it only at his insistence and this tired form was the result.
From what he could recall of Loki's anguished sounding tone, the man was desperately afraid of being left alone. Lowering his head, Eliot whined softly in apology. Not knowing how else to help than to use his proximity again, he curled up beside Loki and lowered his head onto the other man's lap. He was sorry, he really didn't mean to push the other so. Don't worry Loki, Eliot had the whole night and he wasn't going anywhere. ]