He toys with the ends of Astarion's hair as he stares up at the ceiling. Content. Warm. And more fucking confused than he's ever been.
"You know, it's a good thing I got my room soundproofed," he laughs, as if just remembering that fact. Mae hasn't needed to be crated in so long that he doesn't actually need it anymore, but it comes in handy.
"Alas. You've outwitted me," Astarion sighs, and gently strokes at the
little pink mark he's left. "But I suppose you have a point. Just for you,
then."
"Mm. Yes, sir," he mutters with a hint of a smile.
Another kiss, another long, but exhausted kiss, and he sits back. The day has been long and fucking confusing, but he is here, he is strangely content, and if he doesn't think too hard, then it should be fine.
"Good," he mutters, curling his arm around him and keeping him close.
He presses a kiss to his forehead, gentle and chaste as he settles in for sleep. It doesn't take him long before his breathing evens, and the nightmares don't come that night.
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Date: 2024-09-04 05:45 pm (UTC)He toys with the ends of Astarion's hair as he stares up at the ceiling. Content. Warm. And more fucking confused than he's ever been.
"You know, it's a good thing I got my room soundproofed," he laughs, as if just remembering that fact. Mae hasn't needed to be crated in so long that he doesn't actually need it anymore, but it comes in handy.
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Date: 2024-09-04 05:48 pm (UTC)Astarion tuts and pinches him.
"And after I was especially loud, just for you. Next time we're using an empty cabin with the door ajar."
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Date: 2024-09-04 05:51 pm (UTC)"If you were loud just for me, then it doesn't matted who else hears, huh? That's for me and I ain't sharing that."
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Date: 2024-09-04 05:58 pm (UTC)"Alas. You've outwitted me," Astarion sighs, and gently strokes at the little pink mark he's left. "But I suppose you have a point. Just for you, then."
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Date: 2024-09-04 06:02 pm (UTC)He trails that hand along his back, below the scars. "Maybe we go to that warden's cabin next time. Get a shower, too."
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Date: 2024-09-04 06:05 pm (UTC)"That would be nice," he agrees, then casts a smile up at Jacob. "Though I'm not sure about the soundproofing in there."
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Date: 2024-09-04 06:08 pm (UTC)"Fuck, you're right. Eh, that's a big perk. Might be worth making the whole floor jealous."
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Date: 2024-09-04 06:15 pm (UTC)Astarion laughs softly.
"Of you, me, or just our mutual shower access?"
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Date: 2024-09-04 07:01 pm (UTC)He pushes his knees forward playfully against Astarion. "They'll be wondering what the fuck you did to deserve that."
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Date: 2024-09-04 07:15 pm (UTC)"Oh, I'm sure I'll be wondering myself."
His teasing tone doesn't really distract from the blunt honesty of that remark.
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Date: 2024-09-04 07:48 pm (UTC)"Don't wonder too hard. You'll get wrinkles. My mom used to say that."
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Date: 2024-09-04 07:56 pm (UTC)Astarion returns the kiss with a pleased little squirm, his arms winding around Jacob's neck.
"Your mother wanted you to be very pretty and not very bright, I'm assuming."
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Date: 2024-09-04 07:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-04 08:13 pm (UTC)"Shush. You're not stupid and you're not painful to look at either. I don't share my time or my body with the hideous or dimwitted."
Any more is unspoken but very loud.
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Date: 2024-09-04 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-04 08:37 pm (UTC)"Well, now I know you're fishing, you'll have to work harder for your compliments," Astarion tsks. "Better bait, so to speak."
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Date: 2024-09-05 01:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-05 08:19 am (UTC)"Yes, it does," he says primly. "I shan't be hearing any poor reflections on my superb taste, thank you."
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Date: 2024-09-05 10:51 am (UTC)Another kiss, another long, but exhausted kiss, and he sits back. The day has been long and fucking confusing, but he is here, he is strangely content, and if he doesn't think too hard, then it should be fine.
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Date: 2024-09-05 12:06 pm (UTC)Astarion settles in, lying alongside him, nestled in comfortably against his side.
"...I'm staying here tonight," he murmurs. Not asking, but telling.
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Date: 2024-09-05 12:39 pm (UTC)He presses a kiss to his forehead, gentle and chaste as he settles in for sleep. It doesn't take him long before his breathing evens, and the nightmares don't come that night.