[ It was nice to have the cloak stop them before they did something they'd come to regret. Stephen would certainly feel a deep guilt seducing Tony into something he didn't really want.
Sex to simply help Stephen burn off the Spring King's influence would have ultimately been unsatisfying in the face of his real desires for Tony. Desires that he's rarely had for anyone outside of Christine. Desires he's never explored with anyone but Christine. ]
I saw 1.4 million versions of you and we were very often friends. [ He takes a breath and lets it out slowly. He's doing some math in his head, weighing the odds and chances and the moral implications of his next words. ]
Do you think it might survive us kissing again? Without a magical influence? [ There. He said it. His escape plan if Tony laughed it off was to vanish into the Mirror Dimension and make a hasty exit. ]
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Sex to simply help Stephen burn off the Spring King's influence would have ultimately been unsatisfying in the face of his real desires for Tony. Desires that he's rarely had for anyone outside of Christine. Desires he's never explored with anyone but Christine. ]
I saw 1.4 million versions of you and we were very often friends. [ He takes a breath and lets it out slowly. He's doing some math in his head, weighing the odds and chances and the moral implications of his next words. ]
Do you think it might survive us kissing again? Without a magical influence? [ There. He said it. His escape plan if Tony laughed it off was to vanish into the Mirror Dimension and make a hasty exit. ]