omg anon yes!!! these guys have absolutely zero experience with any kind of intimacy, and i love the thought of them learning to navigate it together 🥺🥺

i often kinda default to the headcanon that lyney does have experience with sex but moreso as a tool than as an act of love, so it's kinda refreshing to think about lyney actually shying away from it. I'm tempted to throw some asexuality in there as well (yes I'm using the self-projection beam, sue me); lyney never really experienced desire and what he's seen of sex in his corner of the world usually contains violence and coercion, so he doesn't want any part in it. There IS however some kind of tension between him and wriothesley, but it's something neither of them really know how to express.

physical touch is probably something they have to ease into, starting with holding hands or short caresses until they're comfortable enough to cuddle for longer amounts of time. i think especially wriothesley is extremely touch-starved to the point that he, paradoxically, finds most touches kind of overwhelming and foreign, and it takes a while before both touching and being touched feels natural. lyney is better off because of his close relationship with his siblings, but not by much. he might have an easier time initiating touch, though, because of his more social nature. the more comfortable they become around each other, the closer they get to maybe crossing the boundary to more sensual acts. maybe they're making out and things get heated enough that they start rutting against each other, or they're cuddling and letting their hands wander into previously unknown territory. i imagine their initial reaction is to shy away from it, pull back into familiar territory. but by that time they've built up a strong enough bond that the newness of it is all that blocks them, not a lack of trust.

before they try anything they discuss things at length, but some boundaries in place, share their worries. after that come many, many tries at exploring their desires, some successful, some not. they slowly find out what the other likes, what works for them and what doesn't, what to keep in mind when the other is nervous or in a bad mood. many times they called it off because things got too intense and they needed a moment to process. it's a very non-linear journey, but each try, successful or not, reinforces their trust in each other, because they know they CAN pull back safely and say no, not now, not there, maybe another time.

now i kind of want to write them going on that journey, as someone on the asexual and aromantic spectrums the slow discovery and steady building of trust and experience speaks deeply to me haha :') thank you for sharing your idea anon!!! 💕💕