"Are you okay?" he asked David in a warm, caring voice.
David, still in his arms, looked at him surprised. His heart was pounding hard.
"Yes, thank you. It was close," he replied, returning to vertical.
"I'm glad I made it."
"Yes, me too. Thank you again. Uhm... you can let me go now."
Richard noticed that he was still holding David's shoulders. It was a masculine, caring gesture, the kind you use when you want to protect someone.
"Ah, sorry," Richard withdrew his hands. "I'm sorry, but your body... it's really pleasant to the touch. It's a shame..."
David's hard-beating heart also seemed to say that he regretted that Richard's strong hands had stopped touching him. Get a grip of yourself, he rebuked himself. This is just a temptation of the flesh. After all, you decided to be with Gustav.
But maybe he shouldn't have made that decision so hastily. Maybe he agreed because he didn't know that other possibilities awaited him.
