He blew out a deep breath before looking down at him and nodding. "Kinda been a while since I let anyone do this, but I'm ok. Nerves." He rolled his eyes dismissively before sliding fingers through Eliot's hair again.

"I'll be okay. If I didn't want to do this I wouldn't have even let you get this far." He really wanted to pull Eliot back up, to kiss him because maybe that would help his nerves and help him relax, but he just watched instead.