[He's seen people dance, but that's different, and it was a different kind of dancing. The kind of dancing you did when you were drunk or high or just wanted to forget that you could be dead by this time tomorrow.
Dan doesn't close his eyes. It's not her being there that's the issue, and nor is it a problem with his comfort zones... he thinks. Mostly, it's simple physical awkwardness in needing to make himself move in a way he's never tried before.
But the instruction she gives is gentle enough and he follows it, easing the stiffness out of his knees and finding the slow beat of the song in his own movements. It feels better.]
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[He's seen people dance, but that's different, and it was a different kind of dancing. The kind of dancing you did when you were drunk or high or just wanted to forget that you could be dead by this time tomorrow.
Dan doesn't close his eyes. It's not her being there that's the issue, and nor is it a problem with his comfort zones... he thinks. Mostly, it's simple physical awkwardness in needing to make himself move in a way he's never tried before.
But the instruction she gives is gentle enough and he follows it, easing the stiffness out of his knees and finding the slow beat of the song in his own movements. It feels better.]