[this feedback loop really is a lot; his emotions are already overwhelming, but feeling Thorn getting overwhelmed, feeling the way Thorn feels for him in return, is giving him some kind of unbelievable euphoric high. More and more he wants to escalate, to push him back against the bed and slide his hands up under his shirt, to abandon the game in favor of tasting the salt of his skin and seeing what it's like to experience twice the pleasure at once.

But he can also sense the edge of fear mixed in -- the vulnerability, the terror-- and he respects the boundaries Thorn put in place. So instead he reels himself in again, carding fingers through Thorn's hair, breathless]

Are there -- any other tasks you'd, like to try?