I'll help you with your gathering shit. If it'll keep you from getting yourself mugged in an alley or something, then fine. I'll tag along. [No sense showing how eager he is for a list to be a form of sanity.]
Not planning on smuggling anything in. If I wanted to go around you, I would. [He picks up the bottle and refills his glass.]
Don't really like cities, though, so I'm not planning on staying out much.
I've noticed there's two kinds of country boys. The kind that come to a city and never want to leave again and the kind that come to a city and can't wait to get out.
[It's clear which one Jacob is. Norton grins broadly.]
I won't ask you to come club-hopping with me then.
That's all yours. Not exactly wardenly behavior though, is it?
[Another drink and he finally starts to relax more. Not losing his weapons, not being confined to the ship, not having to talk. It's all working out for him.]
I can do both. Or all four. You know what I mean. [He knocks back the rest of his gin with one large gulp, makes a contorted face with lots of "blegh" noises and tongue sticking out, then stands up and heads to the kitchenette to get some tonic, since Jacob's brought it up.]
Straight gin is like licking a juniper bush soaked in turpentine.
Just because I like to have fun doesn't mean you're going to get out of being wardened, Mister.
You bet I can. I'm amazing on my knees. [He finds the tonic and carries it back to his glass, filling it with equal parts tonic and gin. Proper cocktail acquired, he sits on the arm of Jacob's chair.]
[Sweeney had said that wardens don't fuck their inmates. But here's Norton, sitting in the arm of the chair, looking like he belongs. There are a thousand reasons he shouldn't do any of this. But he slides an arm around his waist, holding his drink in his other hand, leaning his head back against the chair.
He had a thing with John. He's his warden. Jacob doesn't want anything from him except the oblivion he might give him.
None of those reasons are good enough to stop him from curling his arm around him.]
[Norton thinks he ought to be surprised by Jacob's arm around his waist, but he isn't really. He's been flirting, and he's gorgeous (in his humble opinion), and sex is a way to feel good when things are otherwise bad. He takes another sip of his drink and then leans over to set the glass on the table.]
I say that, and I'm not no one.
[Norton slides down onto Jacob's lap. Doctor Sheehan would be appalled, but Norton's not sure that isn't a plus. Anyway, this is rapport building.]
[He slithers down to the floor, dragging his hands along Jacob's chest until he's on his knees in front of chair with his palms resting on Jacob's thighs.]
[Jacob drinks from the glass, looking over Norton's shoulder as he adjusts himself in the chair. He places his hand on Norton's, bringing it to his mouth to press a kiss to his fingers. A moment of gentleness when the rest of it means nothing. Just a way to keep surviving as the Barge continues on in its ceaseless path.]
I shouldn't think so. I'm not hurting you, quite the opposite. And I slept with a few of my temporary wardens when I was an inmate. No demotions there.
So kind of you to consider my comfort, darling, but no, my knees are fine. I used to be an altar boy so I have lots of practice kneeling. Because of all the praying, I mean.
[And now that Mae isn't around to judge him, Norton eagerly sets himself to the task, starting with a long, slow swipe of his tongue.]
[He sits back in the chair, tapping his finger on the glass.]
Fucking Catholic. Dad used to call them heathens.
No offense.
[He slides his other hand through Norton's hair as his eyes close, imagining long brown waves or silver curls. If he lets his mind wander, he can finally fucking feel something.]
Church of England. [Norton pauses to correct Jacob and then gets back to his work, gliding his lips over the head and bobbing up and down with enthusiasm. It's one of the few things that will keep Norton quiet for any length of time.]
[It's not remotely the strangest or most unreasonable request someone has made to him during sex. It's not even the first time someone has made that specific request. (Even though, in his opinion, there's nothing wrong with his voice and people who claim that it's squeaky are clearly incorrect.)
So he remains silent as he swirls his tongue around Jacob's crown, then slides his lips all the way down until the tip of his nose brushes the hairs at his groin, then returns back up to repeat the maneuver a few times.]
[He's quiet, but clearly pleased, digging fingers into his hair. Jacob lets oblivion take him again, lets the world fade around him so he doesn't have to think or move or dream. He can exist in this moment of pleasure until, with a shudder and a groan, he pulls his hair as a warning, giving him that much courtesy, before he finishes.
And then it's over and he's back to himself, fucking hating it.]
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Date: 2024-05-15 01:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-05-15 01:54 am (UTC)I'll help you with your gathering shit. If it'll keep you from getting yourself mugged in an alley or something, then fine. I'll tag along. [No sense showing how eager he is for a list to be a form of sanity.]
Not planning on smuggling anything in. If I wanted to go around you, I would. [He picks up the bottle and refills his glass.]
Don't really like cities, though, so I'm not planning on staying out much.
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:01 am (UTC)[It's clear which one Jacob is. Norton grins broadly.]
I won't ask you to come club-hopping with me then.
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:05 am (UTC)That's all yours. Not exactly wardenly behavior though, is it?
[Another drink and he finally starts to relax more. Not losing his weapons, not being confined to the ship, not having to talk. It's all working out for him.]
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-05-15 02:15 am (UTC)Need a little tonic with it?
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:32 am (UTC)Straight gin is like licking a juniper bush soaked in turpentine.
Just because I like to have fun doesn't mean you're going to get out of being wardened, Mister.
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:47 am (UTC)[He calls out to him in the kitchen.]
Think you can warden on your knees?
[He intends it as a joke, but it just brings Astarion to mind, something he had wanted to try and forget. ]
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:55 am (UTC)Everyone says so. ["Everyone" = Norton]
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Date: 2024-05-15 03:00 am (UTC)He had a thing with John. He's his warden. Jacob doesn't want anything from him except the oblivion he might give him.
None of those reasons are good enough to stop him from curling his arm around him.]
No one fucking says that. You're full of shit.
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Date: 2024-05-16 12:43 am (UTC)I say that, and I'm not no one.
[Norton slides down onto Jacob's lap. Doctor Sheehan would be appalled, but Norton's not sure that isn't a plus. Anyway, this is rapport building.]
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Date: 2024-05-16 01:05 am (UTC)He leans back with his drink in hand.]
Then prove it. Guess I'll be the judge.
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Date: 2024-05-16 01:20 am (UTC)[He slithers down to the floor, dragging his hands along Jacob's chest until he's on his knees in front of chair with his palms resting on Jacob's thighs.]
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Date: 2024-05-16 01:28 am (UTC)You gonna get demoted for this?
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Date: 2024-05-16 03:07 am (UTC)[His fingers drift over Jacob's trousers.]
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Date: 2024-05-16 03:09 am (UTC)[He reaches down, unbuttoning his pants, glad he left the gun on the table.]
I've noticed that everyone just loves to fuck on this ship anyway.
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Date: 2024-05-16 10:21 pm (UTC)[He leans in, then pauses, glances over at Mae.]
I can't do this with the dog watching, could you tell her to...I don't know...go lie on the bed or something like that?
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Date: 2024-05-16 10:35 pm (UTC)Better?
You need a blanket to sit your delicate fucking knees on, too?
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Date: 2024-05-17 03:28 am (UTC)[And now that Mae isn't around to judge him, Norton eagerly sets himself to the task, starting with a long, slow swipe of his tongue.]
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Date: 2024-05-17 11:13 am (UTC)Fucking Catholic. Dad used to call them heathens.
No offense.
[He slides his other hand through Norton's hair as his eyes close, imagining long brown waves or silver curls. If he lets his mind wander, he can finally fucking feel something.]
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Date: 2024-05-18 05:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-05-18 12:45 pm (UTC)Don't talk. Ruins the fucking mood.
[Because he can't imagine Norton as anyone else if he talks.]
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Date: 2024-05-18 08:13 pm (UTC)So he remains silent as he swirls his tongue around Jacob's crown, then slides his lips all the way down until the tip of his nose brushes the hairs at his groin, then returns back up to repeat the maneuver a few times.]
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Date: 2024-05-18 08:42 pm (UTC)And then it's over and he's back to himself, fucking hating it.]
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Date: 2024-05-19 03:21 am (UTC)Good?
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