When Shannon responded to Eli's ministrations, he paused momentarily to see if he was hurting him, but once realizing that he wasn't, he kept going, making every knot was gone or loosened enough to not cause trouble before he moved on. He started to move lower on Shannon's body, leaving his back in search for tension to remove from his muscles and finding some. If he was a lesser man, he would have taken this moment to grope, but instead he didn't, working only on massaging him.

"What do you want out of this scene besides being low key?" It's a soft, questioning tone, only revealing a small amount of curiosity in his voice. Out of all the scenes they've done, this would be the first where everything is really on Shannon and what he wants to do. It's the only way Eli thinks he can make up for the last scene breaking him so badly.