After the appliance incident, things got a bit better, but not all the way there. It felt like they’d gotten so close to each other and then what had happened had taken them about five steps back, and they were inch by inch crawling to where they’d been.
There were still more steps to take, and Padraig felt rotten about it.
Logically he knew he shouldn’t blame himself, but he couldn’t help it at all. If he hadn’t scared Kaos, they might be together now. They might be sleeping in the same bed, making love even, but instead, they were cuddling, and it seemed like some evenings even that was too much for Kaos.
Because Kaos was still scared of Padraig on some level. He seemed frustrated as hell every time he flinched when Padraig moved his hands too quickly or stepped closer from an angle K
