[ Flushed cheeks and slightly dilated pupils is a good indicator of how Tyler feels, the caution he'd felt only moments prior evaporating enough for him to start to smile. He's still nervous, sure, but he feels overwhelmingly safe with Ankari.

Though there's the matter of explaining something first. A mainstay in the lives of trans folks and disclosing exactly that. Tyler's never had to do it before for this reason, and the one and only time he's kissed anybody else, they already knew. ]

I want that, but...

[ His nerves ramp up again, anxiety roiling around in his belly. ]

Uhm, I'm transgender. Do you know what that means? I don't know how elves think about stuff like that. But humans can be weird about it.