"Focus on me." His words are still strangely soothing, but there's the obvious edge of a command in his voice. This is a delicate situation and Eli isn't going to back down now. No, this calls for him to push more. "I'm your eyes, I know where you are. You know where we are. This is the only place that matters. You're here with me. I would never lead you astray, trust me."

His left hand moved up into Shannon's hair, fingers burying deep into it to massage his scalp. He wants him to relax, to focus on him and only him, and this is the one way he really knows how. As soon as he gets a good rhythm going for the hair petting, Eli kissed him forcefully, pressing him up against the wall even more as he did. If he original plan didn't work, then he was just going to short his brain out with the best damn kiss Eli's ever given.