[Cy says so much, running him through a gamut of reactions — a scoff, then a quiet boiling of arousal, then an eyeroll at that needless girlish impression, and finally whipped back to interest by the tug of the scarf. There's no strength to it, but the suggestion is there.]

We have time. I don't see why we can't do both.

[It's an unconscious reflection of earlier thoughts. He levers himself onto the right elbow, careful not to jar his body too much around the plug as he watches Cy eat.]

They both make me feel close to you in different ways. But, if I had to choose... if there was only one of those available tonight, then... I was already in the mindset of the second — being held down. I want to experience what that's like between us, because I've been thinking about it since the beginning. Since you first used those words on me.

[It should be clear what he means.]

Is there more we need to discuss before doing that?