He noticed the direction of her gaze and they both froze for a moment. He muttered something under his breath that the Tardis didn’t translate, two points of color sitting high on his cheeks. He drew the blankets back up, not meeting her gaze.
She licked her lips, all thought of food now forgotten. Her mind was blazing with the memory of him between her legs on the Tardis, driving her relentlessly up that peak and then taking nothing for himself. Surely it would be alright if she returned the favor…
“You don’t have to hide it from me, you know. Not anymore. Not after…”
He pretended to return his attention to his screen but she knew him well enough by now to recognize a front. “It’s fine. Goes away on its own, most of the time.”
She raised an eyebrow. “Most of the time? So, what do you do when it... doesn’t?” Heat pooled at the apex of her thighs as she pictured him taking himself in hand. She wondered if he thought about her when he did…
He looked pained, eyes slamming shut, all pretense of watching space telly forgone. “I’m not a bloody monk. Well, not anymore. What do you think?”
“You could always ask for a hand…” she offered, only half joking.
His whole face colored momentarily. “I wouldn’t…. that isn’t…”
She shifted closer, bringing one hand to his thigh and giving a squeeze. “I wouldn’t mind…”
The holo-telly (or whatever it was) got thrown onto her nightstand and he was plainly making to stand up.
Clara scrambled over his lanky form, straddling his hips and pinning his shoulders back against the pillows with both hands.