He can practically feel the need coming off of Tom in waves. He agrees to the offer so fast and Robert can’t help but wonder if this was a really bad idea, but it’s already too late, so he nods in answer to that quick agreement. And he trusts himself to know that however much he wants this, he won’t abuse Tom’s vulnerable state. He’s going to make sure of what it is that he wants, and he’s also a pretty good read when it comes to things like this. And when it comes to Tom especially, apparently. He had, after all, figured out what was going on just from looking at him, from knowing him throughout the time they’ve worked together. For the record, he’d wondered about Tom’s extracurricular activities, thought they might be along these lines for a while. At least since that scene where Tom had to grab him by the throat and he’d finally pushed him to squeeze harder, in part to sell it for the camera, but it had definitely partly been to see his reaction because he’d suspected even then. His reaction hadn’t told him for certain that he was right, but the look he saw in his eyes as he gave him what he asked for seemed to him to be begging to have the tables turned. He wonders now if perhaps this is a conversation they should have had sooner. Robert doesn’t know about Tom’s arrangements, but it seems somewhat open and at the same time, somewhat inconsistent. Robert’s no stranger to inconsistency. He’s had some partners off and on, here and there, but none recently. It’s harder to keep a regular thing going with a busy filming schedule, and he’s let it fall by the wayside.

Then Tom asks that question, and while it definitely needed to be addressed, it wasn’t the next thing that Robert was going to ask, if it had been up to him. But then it’s there. His gaze drops over Tom’s body then, as if he needs to look at him again to know his answer, which comes low and not quite as evenly as he might have liked, “Yeah.” There’s a punch of emphasis in that single word answer that would suggest that’s an answer that would have been exactly the same if he’d asked him months prior, suggests that maybe Robert’s had an eye on him since the start.

The way Tom had asked that question was just dripping with need, and it would seem to leave no question as to Tom’s own feelings on the matter, but he’s still going to ask. As much about this as is compromised, he’s going to seize whatever he can make crystal clear. “Do you want me to fuck you?” he asks him then, seriously, and keeping his attention on Tom’s face, his eyes. “Because this can just be about the scene… impact play and whatever else you need. I’m not expecting anything from you that you don’t want to give.”