[Except Chuck's waiting too, waiting for Mike to make a move first, to do something. That's how it usually goes, Mike takes lead, he jumps head first into anything, sometimes literally, and Chuck follows along, or tries to at least, tries to keep up with whatever insane rhythm Mike sets, all screams, limbs, flails and clings around Mike's neck or waist.
Usually.
But this hesitance, from the both of them but honestly, mostly the one on Mike's end, makes Chuck realize, eventually, that this is an exception to that. Why wouldn't it be anyway? If anything he always figured the way Mike behaved so recklessly sometimes was only because he knew he would be able to keep everyone - Chuck - safe. But in this small space, Mike hesitates almost as much, if not more than Chuck, as if he's waiting for a green light, or a word, a request, or some kind of permission. With each second Chuck finds an impatience in him that he didn't know he had, and it builds up slowly until his fingers are pressing and curling over Mike's shirt and skin, legs shifting slightly upwards, then moving to snake an arm around his neck, wrapping tightly enough that there's no other choice for Mike but to move closer, press down fully.]
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Usually.
But this hesitance, from the both of them but honestly, mostly the one on Mike's end, makes Chuck realize, eventually, that this is an exception to that. Why wouldn't it be anyway? If anything he always figured the way Mike behaved so recklessly sometimes was only because he knew he would be able to keep everyone - Chuck - safe. But in this small space, Mike hesitates almost as much, if not more than Chuck, as if he's waiting for a green light, or a word, a request, or some kind of permission. With each second Chuck finds an impatience in him that he didn't know he had, and it builds up slowly until his fingers are pressing and curling over Mike's shirt and skin, legs shifting slightly upwards, then moving to snake an arm around his neck, wrapping tightly enough that there's no other choice for Mike but to move closer, press down fully.]