<div class="floatleft">(https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F55%2Fff%2F94%2F55ff947afff9e9df4b4d00815f299988.jpg&amp;f=1)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Mark Watson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15011290#msg15011290)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>26<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Hetero<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>3 July, 2019, 23:30<br/><strong>Location:</strong>@ the hot tub<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Black boxer briefs - everything else removed<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">T-shirt</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/8174-xrHQxL._UX679_.jpg)</div></div>, well-worn jeans,<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Socks</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://ik.imagekit.io/overdose/3wisemen/catalog/product/cache/4/small_image/265x320/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/x/sx-101913_white.jpg)</div></div>,<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Shoes</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0046/5548/0950/products/STEVEMADDEN-CASUAL_ZENO_BLUE-FABRIC_grande.jpg?v=1549480015)</div></div><br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one as yet<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open, Delaney<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>He listened...intently.   He had been so focused on everything that had gone wrong with him during the competition that he had forgotten about everything else.  Everyone else.  It wasn't just him that thought this whole thing sucked.  It wasn't just him that had felt vulnerable and helpless during the competition.<br/><br/>The anxiety that he had been feeling...the doubt in himself and in...well...everyone.  The doubt he felt about where he stood with her...it evaporated away when she told him he wasn't a nightmare.<br/><br/>He bit his lower lip a moment before giving her a warm, easy smile.<br/><br/><em>"Delaney.  I sincerely apologize for the role I played in making you feel bad.  Truly."</em><br/><br/>He supposed he should have felt jealous about Logan kissing her on their date.  He certainly did not feel that he had been in a position to kiss any of the women he'd had on his dates.  Logan was indeed<em>the</em>guy here in the villa though.  He wasn't jealous and he certainly couldn't fault Logan in his taste for who he kisses.<br/><br/><em>"So...here's the thing."</em>, he gave her a content smile as he spoke.  He felt good...more unburdened than he had since he'd arrived at the villa.<em> "I'm glad I didn't kiss you in that stupid competition.  When I kiss you, I want to do it from an excellent, honest place because you deserve that.  Excellence and honesty."</em>He bit his lower lip again and looked upwards before looking back to her and giving her a moderately embarrassed smile as he conceded with his next statement.<em>"If we kiss..."</em>The confident grin returned.<em>"So what I can tell you is that I want to spend more time with you.  As much time as you're willing to give me and I will give you as much space and time as you want to figure things out regarding Logan or any other guy here.  I am ready and willing to talk to you about anything or anyone...and..."</em><br/><br/>He paused once more, his eyes shifting away from the sight of her so he could focus more effectively.  Thinking...  Only to give her a smaller smile...secret...wry.<em>"Yeah...alright.  I think I made myself clear."</em>