A small sigh came out about when Ernie looked away, but it was conflicted. Somehow, it was less..intense and frightening when there was that small safety bubble of not seeing straight into his eyes or Ernie seeing his. But still, he missed it, slightly, right away. He'd never really done that with a man, with most anyone, and he wanted it back. But...he -
Uuuuh, oh Merlin, the handcuffs. He had forgotten about telling Ernie about that in what they had been doing. Zach felt a little more uncomfortable, but he didn't know what, how, to say. "In case," he began, but no that wasn't really it. He did want to use them. "Ever," well then again that was only partly right. He didn't ever want to force anyone - that wasn't why - but he knew he wanted to. "Someone...wants," he glanced down. His hands were still on Ernie's shoulders, he noticed. But they were just sort of...stopped there, not applying too much pressure, but not leaving.
Merlin, he had spent years thinking about everything, not just handcuffs, and it never sounded awkward in his head. "They could augment," Zach began again, almost getting a whole sentence out, but he couldn't quite finish because, well, he wanted it with boys, and to say so would be sort of like saying he was...gay. And that was fine for anyone else, but he...Zach felt heat in his cheeks and mentally swore.