i’m so sorry anon omg i wrote an essay and it didn't even address your message 😭😭 i have thoughts about that too and i try to keep my account somewhat sfw so i don't talk about it often but i will say i think it's something that takes time for them to come around to bc it's a lot for them to process mentally and emotionally. physical pleasure like that is something that's deemed as “unnecessary” and something that blade even sees himself as “unfit for” imo so i agree that it plays an important role in their relationship and i often think about it in the context of allowing themselves to want things and how desire and pleasure are parts of the personhood they distance themselves from. and ofc there's lots to be said about the trust aspect of it too and bc i view blade as a stone butch i have a lot of very specific hcs for how things play out for them both but i won’t get into the details publicly