It's difficult even for Jean-Claude to remain opaque and unreadable during foreplay. He can do it with some effort, but it's not his strong suit; Jean-Claude relies on being distanced to be mysterious, and there's nothing distanced about the ardeur. It's easy to read the reassurance, the eagerness, in his face.
He certainly has no objection to showing more skin, if it helps Jonathan get more comfortable with the situation. It's more forward than he'd expected for someone who said he was inexperienced, but Jean-Claude takes great satisfaction in willing seduction, which by necessity is patient and full of give as well as take.
Jon's instinct that there might be more of his history revealed on his skin bears fruit: from the front there is just the cross shape for scarring, and on his forearms there are some telling splash burns from holy water, but across fully half his back is a thick stretch of old half-healed scarring, wealed stripes like from a switch or a strip of leather in varying widths layered atop each other. It is difficult to scar a vampire after their death, and if Jon knows anything about it, he will realize these must have been made during Jean-Claude's human lifetime - only holy objects will leave permanent marks otherwise, as the rest of his scars indicate.
Long past feeling ashamed for it, Jean-Claude is nonetheless disinterested in getting into stories about his human life, none of which are suitable for seduction. After his shirt is discarded and he's left with long black hair curling over his pale skin, he raises a hand again to cup Jon's jaw with his palm, meeting his eyes with incredible self-restraint. A way to pause him, and distract.
"Tell me before this goes further if you would like me to have your blood as well, or not, or manipulate your mind, or not. It can be only sex if you wish, mon ami, and it would be my pleasure." There is a sincerity there that makes it hard to doubt. At the same time, Jean-Claude knows that some very much enjoy those particular aspects of sex with a vampire, and he's not about to keep restraining himself if there's no need to.
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He certainly has no objection to showing more skin, if it helps Jonathan get more comfortable with the situation. It's more forward than he'd expected for someone who said he was inexperienced, but Jean-Claude takes great satisfaction in willing seduction, which by necessity is patient and full of give as well as take.
Jon's instinct that there might be more of his history revealed on his skin bears fruit: from the front there is just the cross shape for scarring, and on his forearms there are some telling splash burns from holy water, but across fully half his back is a thick stretch of old half-healed scarring, wealed stripes like from a switch or a strip of leather in varying widths layered atop each other. It is difficult to scar a vampire after their death, and if Jon knows anything about it, he will realize these must have been made during Jean-Claude's human lifetime - only holy objects will leave permanent marks otherwise, as the rest of his scars indicate.
Long past feeling ashamed for it, Jean-Claude is nonetheless disinterested in getting into stories about his human life, none of which are suitable for seduction. After his shirt is discarded and he's left with long black hair curling over his pale skin, he raises a hand again to cup Jon's jaw with his palm, meeting his eyes with incredible self-restraint. A way to pause him, and distract.
"Tell me before this goes further if you would like me to have your blood as well, or not, or manipulate your mind, or not. It can be only sex if you wish, mon ami, and it would be my pleasure." There is a sincerity there that makes it hard to doubt. At the same time, Jean-Claude knows that some very much enjoy those particular aspects of sex with a vampire, and he's not about to keep restraining himself if there's no need to.