Expectations weren't high when she placed his hand there. What his hand could do was enough, especially if she and Eli would finally get together and fuck so that she could feel less like a wire strung tight. She knew Eli felt the same way, but he was putting Shannon ahead of him, even though she could tell subdrop wasn't going to happen to him now. He was worried and she was frustrated and they needed to get together to fix this.

"I want to," Eli said honestly to Shannon. It was a surprise for those words to come out of his mouth, but it was true. He wanted her and the thought of being in her was a bit of a rush. It wasn't that he wanted her more than Shannon, since that was something completely impossible, but he craved her right here and now because she could get him off so he could return to curling up with his boyfriend, the most important person in his life. "Will you allow me to have sex with her?"