Eivind was rigid even when Blue reached for his arm, furious still, adrenaline running through his system. His heart was thumping madly, and he was still scowling. Blue was asking him to stop, and scolding him for jumping on Sieger.<br/><br/>“And why shouldn't I have done exactly that?” Eivind demanded, but his expression softened when Blue wrapped his arms around him. What had Sieger expected by making such thoughtless suggestions? He could feel Blue's heart pounding soundly in time with his own, and likely all of that had been a lot for him. Fights were normal for their kind. It was how they settled things, even though nothing was settled about their situation. At the very least, Sieger got his message. Blue suggested a bath due to Eivind's smell, and led him up the stairs. His eyes settled on the dresser before moving along, and Blue explained that was his latest project. If his mind wasn't elsewhere he might have chided Blue on moving in, atop of one of his sheets no less.<br/><br/>They were moving on quickly to the shower when Blue suggested something that surprised him. He stared, looking confused.<br/><br/>“We should get it over with?” Eivind repeated, unsure if he was understanding Blue correctly. Blue was stripping, and it that didn't make it obvious, he was reaching for Eivind's pants next, but the words coming out of his mouth sounded wrong. There was going to be nothing nice about it. Blue leaned forward to kiss him, while Eivind tried to process everything that was being thrown at him. He touched Blue's hip, but pulled his face away to look at the young man.<br/><br/>“I don't make it a point to sleep with anyone who has to suck it up to get through it,” Eivind started, scowling. “I'm not about to start now. Maybe we did want it, but you don't want it now. You're not aroused at all. I could smell it if you were.” Eivind wasn't anymore aroused than Blue was, and the lead up wasn't exactly changing that for either of them.<br/><br/>“You told me what wasn't going to work for you, and I listened. I gave Sieger my answer, and fuck him for dictating what we're to do. I'm not allowing this to be the start of things for us. You'd never forgive me, and I don't think I'd forgive myself if I went through with it. It was disrespectful, to me, and certainly to you. He wouldn't have told me to rape a reluctant wolf, and I can't shake the idea that you might see me as just another one of the others to you.” Eivind had remembered the way Blue had reacted to him the first time he'd overstepped. He'd barely come back from that.<br/><br/>“I want you to be comfortable. I don't want it to be a rash decision brought on by orders. We have plenty of issues we need to work through without me adding to the problems.” Eivind stepped away, to shuck off his pants, but he returned to Blue. He took his hand and led them beneath the stream of water, letting out a sigh as he pulled Blue close, using him to calm his temper.<br/><br/>“I still want you near me, but we don't have to do<i>that.</i>” He didn't want it to seem like a rejection either. He still wanted to touch just as badly as he had before, but contact didn't always have to be sexual. In any other instance, he might have followed through if Blue had asked him to, but this had all stemmed from very wrong reasons; reasons Eivind felt strongly enough about to knock his alpha flat.