You Ask

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You ask if I’m good — before you even move.

Skin on skin, no rush, just your hand in my hair,
whispers like embers, the kind that dare.
You could take it all, I’d give it free,
but you pause in the motion — say it soft: ‘You good, J?’
Not a plea, not a test, just a gentle sound,
the first time I felt seen while coming undone.

Used to fake it with my body, eyes closed tight,
loved like a role I had to get right.
But you don’t want a performance — you want *me*,
so you stop and let me answer in three syllables.

You ask, you ask, before you begin,
let desire wait while you check in.
Not just with hands, but with trust in your voice —
this is how love gets to *say* it’s a choice.

Heart still racing, your knee 'tween my thighs,
but you read the shift in my breath, not your prize.
One flicker, one flinch — you catch it like rain,
change the angle, slow the pace, rearrange.
I don’t say much, I just hold on tighter,
but you speak anyway: ‘Let me hear ya, fire.’

Could’ve pushed through the silence, read it as "go",
but you’d rather hear me than follow the flow.
So I say it, half-laughing, ‘Don’t stop — just… like that’,
and you smile like you won something real where it counts.

You ask, you ask, before you begin,
let desire wait while you check in.
Not just with hands, but with trust in your voice —
this is how love gets to *say* it’s a choice.

... 
Then you whisper — not 'okay?' but 'still here?'
And I nod into your chest, too wet to speak clear.

You ask, you ask — and that’s when I know:
the deepest part of me’s safe in this glow.
Not just touched, not just known — I’m *honored*, I’m seen,
‘Cause you’d rather have less than take what’s not given.

You ask…

Fade into breathing, candle hum, stillness.