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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ โฃ JULY TDM
JULY 2024 TDM: LECTISTERNIUM
Welcome to SALTBURNT, a panfandom smut/thriller game based off the film Saltburn, where characters are encouraged to indulge their deepest desires. The money never runs out and the liquor never stops pouring, so you may as well indulge from the bounty. Of course, things are rarely what they seem, and the manor itself seems to have a consciousness of its own. Throw parties, trash the house, engage in youthful merriment, but remember โ dangers come out at night, and no one, no matter how rich you are, is safe from demons lurking in the shadows.
Threads can be considered game canon, provided the players agree. Players can also start fresh upon acceptance into the game. In game characters can post to the TDM directly, so all posters can use the title ยซ CHARACTER NAME | CANON | NEW CHARACTER/IN GAMEยป in the header. There will be a spot below for new characters to link their toplevels for easy access. Alternatively, prompts on the Test Drive can be used for in game logs.
WELCOME TO SALTBURNT
It's the hangover more than the light streaming in through half drawn curtains that wakes you up, your brain rattling in your skull, your mouth dry and cottony, your stomach churning with whatever it is you drank last night. If self preservation is your strong suit, you might turn over in bed and see a few painkillers laid out for you on a silver dish, accompanied by a glass of water. If it isnโt, stay in bed and wallow โ eventually a maid will be in to tear your curtains open, saying, "Breakfast is served," and scurrying out quietly, invisibly. Breakfast? Maybe itโs normal for you. Maybe it isnโt.
You're drawn from the room, either by the mystery, or an undefinable urge that could be supernatural in origin, or could be your hunger catching up to you. It's almost nostalgic, the walk to the dining room โ have you been here before? Were you drawn up to this estate in a car? Havenโt you done all this already? Maybe you mosey around a library, maybe you run into your suite mate in your adjoining bathroom. Regardless, seemingly all hallways, covered in priceless artworks and ancient relics from times long past, lead to the dining room, where a comically long table houses the Balfours and their many guests, who seem just as disgruntled and confused as you. No matter. "The breakfast is self-serve," they say. But not the eggs.
If you want to leave, youโll have to tell Giles, the housekeeper, who will arrange a car for you that mysteriously, or perhaps suspiciously, never arrives. Unfortunately, confronting Giles about it is near impossible, as heโs as good at being invisible as the rest of the house staff. Of course, thereโs no reason why you canโt just walk out. The front gates are easy enough to jump over, even if the walk towards them gives you a strange sense of foreboding, or just outright discomfort, as if the ground itself doesnโt want you to leave. Those more sensitive or fragile might find they canโt make the jump, no matter how physically able, or desperately wanting. Still, a strong person could continue on, over the fence and into the lush English countryside. The feeling doesnโt dissipate, though โ this sense of wrongness, almost sickness, like a weight on your back. Walk into the evergreen, carry on, but the strongest will make it perhaps a mile or so before the weight of dread and paranoia brings you to your knees, and then to your face, flat in the middle of a dirt road. What were you thinking? Is this really better?
Wake up with a hangover, in a bed, the curtains drawn, the maid saying, "Breakfast is served," before scurrying out. The painkillers are there, just like you remember. In fact, itโs all exactly how you remember, as if you never left an imprint the first time, or any mess you made was cleared away while your back was turned. Walk to the dining room, find everyone there eating away at their breakfast. Itโs self serve, naturally. Just not the eggs.
"We dress for dinner," says Portia, with a kind, if discerning smile. "Black tie."
You're drawn from the room, either by the mystery, or an undefinable urge that could be supernatural in origin, or could be your hunger catching up to you. It's almost nostalgic, the walk to the dining room โ have you been here before? Were you drawn up to this estate in a car? Havenโt you done all this already? Maybe you mosey around a library, maybe you run into your suite mate in your adjoining bathroom. Regardless, seemingly all hallways, covered in priceless artworks and ancient relics from times long past, lead to the dining room, where a comically long table houses the Balfours and their many guests, who seem just as disgruntled and confused as you. No matter. "The breakfast is self-serve," they say. But not the eggs.
If you want to leave, youโll have to tell Giles, the housekeeper, who will arrange a car for you that mysteriously, or perhaps suspiciously, never arrives. Unfortunately, confronting Giles about it is near impossible, as heโs as good at being invisible as the rest of the house staff. Of course, thereโs no reason why you canโt just walk out. The front gates are easy enough to jump over, even if the walk towards them gives you a strange sense of foreboding, or just outright discomfort, as if the ground itself doesnโt want you to leave. Those more sensitive or fragile might find they canโt make the jump, no matter how physically able, or desperately wanting. Still, a strong person could continue on, over the fence and into the lush English countryside. The feeling doesnโt dissipate, though โ this sense of wrongness, almost sickness, like a weight on your back. Walk into the evergreen, carry on, but the strongest will make it perhaps a mile or so before the weight of dread and paranoia brings you to your knees, and then to your face, flat in the middle of a dirt road. What were you thinking? Is this really better?
Wake up with a hangover, in a bed, the curtains drawn, the maid saying, "Breakfast is served," before scurrying out. The painkillers are there, just like you remember. In fact, itโs all exactly how you remember, as if you never left an imprint the first time, or any mess you made was cleared away while your back was turned. Walk to the dining room, find everyone there eating away at their breakfast. Itโs self serve, naturally. Just not the eggs.
"We dress for dinner," says Portia, with a kind, if discerning smile. "Black tie."
WHICH WAY TO THE BACCHANAL?
CONTENT WARNINGS: alcohol, nudity, potential for nsfw.
Itโs been a balmy, warm summer in Saltburnt, with long, amber-hued nights making the house glow from the outside in. After the last party, things have managed to keep mostly calm and largely unassuming in the intervening weeks, with the focus kept on indoor activities โ a scavenger hunt, a sex club, avoiding the outside trauma of cannibalistic cakes for as long as it seems to have taken the family and house staff to settle and, tangentially, forget. However, seemingly overnight a new structure appears on the outside grounds, under block construction fixtures and with loud building going on throughout the following day and night, tirelessly worked on. By the next day, however, the structure gets revealed โ a Pantheon, and quite a sizable one (see: no, not terribly historically accurate) from the outside.
Between the columns and up the stone steps, youโll find an entryway dedicated to worship on a grouping of twelve Roman gods โ six male (Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Apollo, Vulcan and Mercury) and their six female counterparts (Juno, Minerva, Venus, Diana, Vesta, and Ceres) โ as depicted by several busts with small, holy fires lit before them for offerings. Notably, thereโs also a thirteenth altar, with a statue depiction of the guest of honor: one John Gaius, who has been ascended to Roman godhood for the party. Offerings have the potential of gifting little boons to those who worship, like increased luck or a small amount of foresight. Feel free to make up your own, as influenced by the gods that you sacrifice to as you like.
Beyond the foyer, the space opens up into a sizable atrium that doubles as a dining hall, full of colorful, cushioned couches made for lounging while you eat. There's an endless supply of food brought in throughout the day, ranging from a traditional three course Mediterranean meal served with honey-sweetened spiced wine, to a more modern adaptation for pickier eaters with fried chicken and Red Bulls, to more adventurous eaters with flamingo tongue and fried doormice. Pistachios are served by the bowlful, fat figs littered on every tabletop, all alongside water flavored with rose petals. Also among the feast are several artistically decorated cakes, each featuring the name of any guest with a birthday in June or July. In addition to the meal, guests are encouraged to lay out plates in honor of dead loved ones, a more time honored tradition of Roman history, although here it has the benefit of being complimented by actual roaming skeletons (courtesy of John) who give animated attempts at play eating the food left for them.
Further into the temple, there is an overlarge, public bathing room for guests to enjoy, the bath carved into rock while the ceiling stays open air, for a visual on clear blue skies or a starry sewn tapestry. Modern heating has been applied to the water to make it steam and bubble, effectively creating a giant hot tub for patrons to slip into, in whatever state of undress they're comfortable with, though nude is greatly appreciated. When in Rome, as they say. Along the back wall is a more intimate stage for small parties, bedecked in a range of instruments and a karaoke machine, for a talent show, or just entertaining a few guests. Velveteen cushions sit in a circle facing each other, for Socratic circle style speech and debates, with a random grab bag of topics to choose from, that range from who is the best NSYNC member? to what is the meaning of life, really?
There is a second story to the structure, although there are no rooms. It's a roofless veranda that looks out on the backyard of the temple, wherein a concave dirt patch has been baking in the sun, for gladiatorial fights and the people observing them.
Itโs been a balmy, warm summer in Saltburnt, with long, amber-hued nights making the house glow from the outside in. After the last party, things have managed to keep mostly calm and largely unassuming in the intervening weeks, with the focus kept on indoor activities โ a scavenger hunt, a sex club, avoiding the outside trauma of cannibalistic cakes for as long as it seems to have taken the family and house staff to settle and, tangentially, forget. However, seemingly overnight a new structure appears on the outside grounds, under block construction fixtures and with loud building going on throughout the following day and night, tirelessly worked on. By the next day, however, the structure gets revealed โ a Pantheon, and quite a sizable one (see: no, not terribly historically accurate) from the outside.
Between the columns and up the stone steps, youโll find an entryway dedicated to worship on a grouping of twelve Roman gods โ six male (Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Apollo, Vulcan and Mercury) and their six female counterparts (Juno, Minerva, Venus, Diana, Vesta, and Ceres) โ as depicted by several busts with small, holy fires lit before them for offerings. Notably, thereโs also a thirteenth altar, with a statue depiction of the guest of honor: one John Gaius, who has been ascended to Roman godhood for the party. Offerings have the potential of gifting little boons to those who worship, like increased luck or a small amount of foresight. Feel free to make up your own, as influenced by the gods that you sacrifice to as you like.
Beyond the foyer, the space opens up into a sizable atrium that doubles as a dining hall, full of colorful, cushioned couches made for lounging while you eat. There's an endless supply of food brought in throughout the day, ranging from a traditional three course Mediterranean meal served with honey-sweetened spiced wine, to a more modern adaptation for pickier eaters with fried chicken and Red Bulls, to more adventurous eaters with flamingo tongue and fried doormice. Pistachios are served by the bowlful, fat figs littered on every tabletop, all alongside water flavored with rose petals. Also among the feast are several artistically decorated cakes, each featuring the name of any guest with a birthday in June or July. In addition to the meal, guests are encouraged to lay out plates in honor of dead loved ones, a more time honored tradition of Roman history, although here it has the benefit of being complimented by actual roaming skeletons (courtesy of John) who give animated attempts at play eating the food left for them.
Further into the temple, there is an overlarge, public bathing room for guests to enjoy, the bath carved into rock while the ceiling stays open air, for a visual on clear blue skies or a starry sewn tapestry. Modern heating has been applied to the water to make it steam and bubble, effectively creating a giant hot tub for patrons to slip into, in whatever state of undress they're comfortable with, though nude is greatly appreciated. When in Rome, as they say. Along the back wall is a more intimate stage for small parties, bedecked in a range of instruments and a karaoke machine, for a talent show, or just entertaining a few guests. Velveteen cushions sit in a circle facing each other, for Socratic circle style speech and debates, with a random grab bag of topics to choose from, that range from who is the best NSYNC member? to what is the meaning of life, really?
There is a second story to the structure, although there are no rooms. It's a roofless veranda that looks out on the backyard of the temple, wherein a concave dirt patch has been baking in the sun, for gladiatorial fights and the people observing them.
VENI, VIDI, VICI.
CONTENT WARNINGS: violence, body horror, gore, animal attacks (specifically wolf), potential body transformations.
You may have noticed in this particular party, a special leniency when it comes to costumes. Where usually semi-strict dresscodes are enforced, tonight it's more of a free for all for good reason: everyone dressed in a Roman inspired outfit (very loose is A-OK) will be seen as Roman royalty, while everyone not adhered to theme will be the royalty's slaves, servants, and workers. It's all for fun and more BDSM in practice than anything serious, but party poopers are expected to tend to their much more fun counterparts, especially once the gladiatorial fights commence. In addition, John, Furiosa, Hawk, Embry, Zoro, Matt, Nami, Chione, Hao, Koby, Alina, Tim, Alia, and Louis for their dedication to Otherworld have been gifted a single metal tag with their individual names on them, to give to collared friends of their choice for claiming purposes.
In any case, collared and claimed and laymen people are offered huge palm leaves for fanning, or grapes and pistachios and figs to hand serve their betters. Below, the gladiator fights take place all day โ a somewhat humble dug out arena that's been lined with soft sand, accented in the back by an enclosed stone structure, no bigger than a single horse stall, where occasionally one can hear huffing and grunting coming from a too high to reach barred window. Anyone can take on a challenge, personal or for fun, and engage in a sparring match. The rules are simple: best of three rounds that end in a submissive pin or tapping out, wherein the loser loses their clothes after each fight. First go their clothes, then go their underwear. Fighting in the nude is an age honored tradition, of course, and we love our history.
That said, the stone building is a somewhat foreboding sight to anyone observing. As time goes on the structure begins to rattle, and as the sun starts to set, the integrity of the building becomes more and more questionable. By the time the last fight is over, a final challenge is announced to the public โ a creature of great mythos, versus the entirety of the estate. From the rattling building, a 7ft Wolfman is guided out with gold, rattling chains wrapped around his impressive neck and wrists. Many onlookers applaud the spectacle, wrongly presuming it to be a play act for the party. However, the chains inevitably snap from those holding them, and the Wolfman gets set loose throughout the estate, running with supernatural speed on all fours throughout the temple and beyond.
Scared? Maybe you should be. The Wolfman is hungry, and indiscriminate with who he eats. It seems the only thing dissuading his appetite from certain people is the metal name tag some were given, like dogs recognizing their separate masters. Still, people will get attacked. A scratch or bite from the Wolfman will result in a similar transformation taking place, a necessary hunger set in your bones where vice and sin seem to infect you, become as necessary to you as breathing or sleeping. Indulge, and become more and more of a beast โ abstain from all immoral acts, all wickedness for nine days, and the infection will cure itself.
If you find that too difficult, there is one other solution. Only 23 separate cuts will kill the Wolfman, who divides himself in odd ways with every penetration โ less like he's being stabbed and more like he's being carved with every inflicted wound, the two halves of himself sliced apart. The 23rd and last attack completely separates the wolf from the man. It leaves a desiccated human corpse in its wake, and a full blooded wolf scampering off into the dark depths of Saltburnt proper, lost in its many rooms.
It'll probably be fine! Despite that hiccup, the Pantheon stays up for the month to encourage an ongoing celebration, the party inside ranging from feral, half-made Wolfpeople frenzy to a fragile relaxation depending on the state of the Wolfman. Thank you as always for bewaring the ides.
You may have noticed in this particular party, a special leniency when it comes to costumes. Where usually semi-strict dresscodes are enforced, tonight it's more of a free for all for good reason: everyone dressed in a Roman inspired outfit (very loose is A-OK) will be seen as Roman royalty, while everyone not adhered to theme will be the royalty's slaves, servants, and workers. It's all for fun and more BDSM in practice than anything serious, but party poopers are expected to tend to their much more fun counterparts, especially once the gladiatorial fights commence. In addition, John, Furiosa, Hawk, Embry, Zoro, Matt, Nami, Chione, Hao, Koby, Alina, Tim, Alia, and Louis for their dedication to Otherworld have been gifted a single metal tag with their individual names on them, to give to collared friends of their choice for claiming purposes.
In any case, collared and claimed and laymen people are offered huge palm leaves for fanning, or grapes and pistachios and figs to hand serve their betters. Below, the gladiator fights take place all day โ a somewhat humble dug out arena that's been lined with soft sand, accented in the back by an enclosed stone structure, no bigger than a single horse stall, where occasionally one can hear huffing and grunting coming from a too high to reach barred window. Anyone can take on a challenge, personal or for fun, and engage in a sparring match. The rules are simple: best of three rounds that end in a submissive pin or tapping out, wherein the loser loses their clothes after each fight. First go their clothes, then go their underwear. Fighting in the nude is an age honored tradition, of course, and we love our history.
That said, the stone building is a somewhat foreboding sight to anyone observing. As time goes on the structure begins to rattle, and as the sun starts to set, the integrity of the building becomes more and more questionable. By the time the last fight is over, a final challenge is announced to the public โ a creature of great mythos, versus the entirety of the estate. From the rattling building, a 7ft Wolfman is guided out with gold, rattling chains wrapped around his impressive neck and wrists. Many onlookers applaud the spectacle, wrongly presuming it to be a play act for the party. However, the chains inevitably snap from those holding them, and the Wolfman gets set loose throughout the estate, running with supernatural speed on all fours throughout the temple and beyond.
Scared? Maybe you should be. The Wolfman is hungry, and indiscriminate with who he eats. It seems the only thing dissuading his appetite from certain people is the metal name tag some were given, like dogs recognizing their separate masters. Still, people will get attacked. A scratch or bite from the Wolfman will result in a similar transformation taking place, a necessary hunger set in your bones where vice and sin seem to infect you, become as necessary to you as breathing or sleeping. Indulge, and become more and more of a beast โ abstain from all immoral acts, all wickedness for nine days, and the infection will cure itself.
If you find that too difficult, there is one other solution. Only 23 separate cuts will kill the Wolfman, who divides himself in odd ways with every penetration โ less like he's being stabbed and more like he's being carved with every inflicted wound, the two halves of himself sliced apart. The 23rd and last attack completely separates the wolf from the man. It leaves a desiccated human corpse in its wake, and a full blooded wolf scampering off into the dark depths of Saltburnt proper, lost in its many rooms.
It'll probably be fine! Despite that hiccup, the Pantheon stays up for the month to encourage an ongoing celebration, the party inside ranging from feral, half-made Wolfpeople frenzy to a fragile relaxation depending on the state of the Wolfman. Thank you as always for bewaring the ides.
DIRECTORY
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He wants -- and his blunt nails curl against the back of Quentinโs neck, like he can hold on by will and stubbornness alone -- to surrender to every tempting promise in the voice against his ear. He wants to etch his own marks into Quentinโs skin, wants to leave him aching and charted with Koby's hands all over him, wants to haunt him, with a savagery that's a little frightening. Because he's beautiful. Because he knows maps and the sea. Because Koby's going to remember the way he tastes every time he shuts his eyes.]
Okay. [Soft, like the slip of sweat-stained silk off his shoulder. Like the way Koby leans against Quentin, temple to temple, cradles the back of his neck, a momentary pause in the frenetic urgency, very nearly tender. The shiver down his spine at the brush of roughened fingertips over his scars (numb), his nipple (not) is less gentle, though. That pools in Koby's stomach, molten heat, pulsing like a bruise, insistent and needy and nagging.
And Koby wonders, nudges closer between Quentinโs spread thighs, pressing his hips snug to the other man's, shifting slightly -- not quite a grind, nothing so suggestive, but the jut of his hipbone, the curve of his waist, seared so close he's sure Quentin can feel every contour of his body. Koby turns, lips close enough that they tease where ear and jaw meet when he speaks:] Then do what I said. Undress.
[Cheeks flushed with his own daring, pleased his voice had only slightly trembled, more from eagerness than nerves, Koby steps back, out of Quentinโs arms, his own going to press the slipping silky fabric against his chest, keep it in place. For now. Then, lifting his chin, arching both eyebrows:] I'm waiting.
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itโs the lips against his ear, the soft whisper, that has white-hot heat traveling down his spine. that makes his skin prickle with electricity, elicits a low, amused hum thatโs precariously close to a moan. how funny it is to offer power to the person heโs bedding down with, but have it be shared between them like this.
oh, koby has his full attention - the impatience, the pretty flush on his cheeks. itโs tempting to disobey, to chase after kisses and have his hands wander his smaller frame. but no, he leans back, eyes meeting kobyโs and a lazy grin pulls across his lips. like a cat who has gotten into the cream, who knows very well that though heโs given this offer of power? he is very much at the captainโs wheel, still.
he regrets kobyโs departure - the heat of him already leaving his chest cold. he rises from the edge of the tub, ignoring the pull of pain in his side, in the tired muscles of his body. heโll feel it tomorrow, surely, but he doesnโt think heโll regret it. ]
Mm, as you wish. I hate to keep you waiting, but it gives me longer to look and admire my commander, does it not?
[ even as he begins to undo the button on his trousers, he lets his gaze rove over the man, hungry and wanting but appreciative all the same. the trousers fall to the ground, then, revealing dark briefs that outline the hard muscle of his thighs, from years of climbing perches and ships. he takes his time with his undergarments, peeling the waistband away from his sweaty, sticky body. he has no shame though, and it shows in the way he easily pulls them free, half-hard cock springing from the fabric, a dusting of dark hair from its base and trailing up to this chest.
he has a few scars and adornments, of course - an old, jagged thing over his right thigh, a few old marks along one hip, but the only one self inflicted? the the straight, silver bar through his left nipple. ]
Pleased?
[ the amused tone in his voice reeks of a confidence to know he doesnโt need to ask. ]
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But this? Quentin rising slowly (not painlessly, the slight favoring of his side almost prompting Koby to call the entire thing off, to step back into fussing and doctoring and bossing around), standing tall and broad-shouldered and elegant in the way sailors have, the nimble quickness born of years adapting to the pitch and roll of a deck, the blistering wind in a crowโs nest, the lightning-quick reflexes necessary on something as powerful and dangerous and unpredictable as the sea. This has Koby openly, blatantly staring, not even trying to hide his wide-eyed enthrallment, both hands curling into the fabric held to his chest, eyes very wide, jaw actually dropping a little.
Heโs never been good at hiding his emotions โ they splash across his face like seasalt spray, vivid in those round eyes, the way he blinks again and again like heโs waiting for Quentin to โ disappear, become less stunning, like looking into the sun. Koby half wants to turn away, incredulous that heโs the one standing here, watching the slow peel away of clinging dark fabric, that there isnโt some sort of catch, some cosmic trick. By the time Quentinโs done, standing bare and glorious and devastating, Kobyโs mouth is quirked up into a grin, his cheeks red, his toes curling against the lush bathroom rug as his eyes drag over every (perfect, perfect) inch.
The question โ not a question, Quentin knows damn well what the answer is โ gets an emphatic nod, so earnest that Kobyโs glasses slip down his nose and he shoves them up, a quick, jerky motion, like he doesnโt quite know what to do with his hands. Heโs flushed down his neck, over his sunburnt shoulders, and he looks deliriously happy.] I โ yeah. Yes. Um. Yeah. [He could keep doing that, keep nodding and staring and admiring, but he also wants to get his hands back on Quentin, wants to map out every muscle, every scar, every old wound and tender place, wants to show what his mouth canโt quite articulate.
And then, like heโs coming back to himself, Koby blinks, looks down at his own barely-there clothes, clears his throat. Somehow, impossibly, he turns even more red, taking a deep breath and letting the top of the toga fall, letting it expose his chest, his stomach, catch at his hips for a long moment. Thereโs an urge to cross his arms, to hide โ for no reason, heโs not nearly as underfed as heโd been when he first enlisted, the combination of regular food and enough sleep helping him fill out from the scrawny, nervous bundle of sharp hipbones and jutting ribs heโd been for years. Still, thereโs a moment of hesitation, of steeling himself before he nudges the loose robe off, slipping down and puddling at his feet.
Thereโs a scrunch in his shoulders, an instinctive curling-in, because โ thereโs nothing underneath, there hasnโt been since the beginning, because every undergarment this stupid place has given Koby is brightly patterned and couldโve easily been seen under the near-sheer draping fabric. So: heโd forgone it entirely, had been (shamefully, secretly) thrilled by the lack of layers. But now it means Quentin can see โ everything, the curve of his hips, the shiver in his thighs when they press together, the trail of (pink, yes) hair up from the apex of them. The fact that heโs a very different sort of man in a lot of ways.
The urge to bolt, to hide, is there, is evident in the fidget of Kobyโs fingers, the aversion of his eyes, the way he -- waits. Doesnโt say anything. Flicks his eyes back up, catching Quentinโs with a raw, aching vulnerability in them. And, with more bravery than it had taken to defy the Marines, to step between Garp and Luffy โ steps forward.]
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what he doesn't expect? the slope of hips, the trail of pink hair to the tidy press of thighs together. it's foolish, really, how his cock twitches at the full sight of him, and how a low hum of approval rumbles from his throat. koby, at least a whole head shorter than him, made up of bone joints and soft sides and the most subtle curves - he's alluring, handsome, unexpected. everything about him - the nerves, the rambling, then combined with the sharp tongue and directives?
he wants to pull sweet koby apart, see what makes him lose track of his words, fumbling.
his body moves of its own accord, approaching koby and gathering his face in between his palms. he bends in to kiss him, hard and hungry and wanting - the intensity altogether different now that he's laid eyes on him. he licks filthily into koby's mouth, one hand falling to reach for his waist and drag him flush again, uncaring that one of his knees slots between his, that his half-dick slides up against the curve of one of those hips.
he kisses him like that until he needs to breathe, nudging their noses together, his voice nothing but a hoarse rasp. ]
I don't think I've met anyone who could surprise me so many times in one night. A medic, a navigator, cartographer, a lover of books, a lover of adventure - a truly Handsome Commander, indeed.
[ he reaches for koby's hand, linking their fingers playfully and giving a soft tug toward the bathtub where he takes one step into the heated water, then another, not releasing his hand the whole while. in fact, he leans in to kiss him again, murmuring against his lips as he pulls away, words nearly a purr: ]
I want to find out if you smell like ink on a summer day. If you taste like the sea. If you make sounds like those tricksy sirens in storybooks. Join me? Please.
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And then Quentin reaches for him, and for the first time in years, that damn voice is silent.
Koby shudders out a gasping laugh against Quentin's mouth, hands drawn back to his body like a compass pointing north, finding the ridge of his ribs, the contours of his chest and thrilling at the realization that they're already familiar. That he can close his eyes and seek Quentin's tongue with his, tilt his head back and surrender to the way he tastes, to the heat of his mouth, moaning open-mouthed against his kiss -- and still know the handspan from his waist to his chest, to the glint of silver in one nipple. Koby's thumb brushes against it, curiously, matched with his teeth closing on Quentin's lower lip, biting it the way he's imagined since the second they saw each other.
And then they're parting, and true to form, Koby's wide blue eyes are bright, his breathing shaky and hitched. Because he's crybaby Koby, because that's what he does, he wells up whenever he feels something, whenever something is good or bad or too big, too much. Quentin touching him, kissing him, Quentin gorgeous and naked and wanting him is so much, and yet when he steps back, Koby shivers at the loss of his body, thighs tightening together at the throb of want that pulses between them.]
Y-Yes, I -- I don't. Know what I taste like. [Koby immediately winces, stumbling over his own feet, fingers sliding between Quentin's and squeezing, thumb finding his knuckles and stroking over them. Callus to callus. But he's laughing, blushing, reaching to hook his glasses off his face and leave them on the counter by the sink, not caring if he loses track of them. They get in the way when kissing, he's learning.] But I -- do want to make sure you get clean too. And don't exert yourself too much.
[He says, already naked and following Quentin into the bath, his shoulders loosening a little at the luxurious heat, the steaming water. Having running water is never something Koby takes for granted. And while exertion isn't something Koby's signing off on, he does immediately try to get as close to Quentin as possible, once they're both settled in the huge tub. In his lap, if he can manage it.]
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it also earns koby an appreciative groan, his eyes fluttering a moment. to be touched tenderly paired with the eager little bite - no less matched with the ache in his bones, well. it's an intoxicating combination. he lets the moment remain fleeting as he settles down into the water with a low hiss, a pleased sound, the warmth already making muscles in his back relax.
he notes the little welling at the corners of koby's eyes behind large, round frames. he'll deal with that soon enough, but he holds onto the man's hand as he steps into the bath, being sure he doesn't slip on the porcelain. sailors are good in water, but things like this? well, he's seen the wrong side of a bathtub himself on a few occasions. ]
You cannot help but worry, can you? I think it's in your bones, the way you fret and fuss. I've no doubt I'll get clean, but no chances I'll stay that way - and as for the exertion? Well, Sweet Commander, it all depends on how you define exertion, doesn't it?
[ not a criticism, no, but amused and light, even as his eyes travel the line of koby's body as he climbs into the bath. it's a good sight - take him to the courts over it! he thinks at first koby might settle on the opposite end of the bath, but makes a surprised, pleased sound as koby settles into his lap. his free arm immediately loops round his waist, dragging him closer in his lap (and invariably across the already hardening cock beneath him). he keeps his hand settled low on his back, fingers stroking the soft skin beneath the water. the other? he keeps their fingers tangled, bringing koby's hand to his lips, brushing little kisses over each knuckle, eyes on koby's face the whole time. ]
Before I kiss you again, [ thoughtful, his mouth traveling along koby's palm, his wrist. ] You don't have to hide your tears. If they're for any reason other than enjoying all of this, I insist you tell me. If you don't, you're leaving me without a compass on wild waters and high winds. I'd much prefer to know I'm pointed north.
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[Would he have helped anyone? Yes, of course. Would there had been this sort of connection, this spark of recognition? Koby doesn't think so, can't imagine that thrilling sense of being seen that had swept through him when Quentin said he was a navigator too, a sailor, a charter of maps and explorer of seas. It was something unique, something that could have even Koby's careful, logical, constantly-overthinking mind believing in things like magic, like fate.
Up close, there are little scars mixed in with the freckles and callus on Koby's hands, the result of years of scrubbing decks on his hands and knees, the rough grain of the wood catching at his knuckles, making them bleed. That and the jagged, poorly-healed scars on his chest are his only major marks -- Koby had lived the last two years pathologically avoiding any other reason to be hurt, had kept himself small and unobtrusive. Invisible.]
Well, I wouldn't want to do that. [Feeling very visible, Koby rubs at his eyes, at the glasses marks on the bridge of his nose.] I cry at most things, it's -- just what I've always done. Sort of stupid. [A sort of shivery inhale, then Koby's shifting slightly, knees on either side of Quentin's hips, pressing back against his half-hard cock. Not quite grinding, just the slow slide of his spread thighs, the rock of his hips, feeling out how they fit together, how everything inside him aches with wanting to show Quentin exactly what he means by exertion.
Biting at his lip again, harder this time, whole body shivering despite the heat of the water, Koby manages to say, as fervently as he can:] But I promise you, there's n-nothing at all wrong. Except that I'm still worried that you're in pain, so... [Licking his lips, rocking his body again, the press of his ass back against Quentin's dick much more deliberate this time.] Can I...distract you? Maybe?
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[ quentin seems serious for a moment, brow pinching as he looks up into koby's face, kissing along his forearm now, to the crook of his elbow where he decidedly swipes his tongue, tasting sweat and dirt and sun. it's impossible, however, to ignore the subtle movements in the other's hips, the water making the slide easier but changes very little for the friction.
he hums, smiling against koby's skin, biting softly at the swell of a bicep. the hand at koby's back moves as those thighs spread around him, fingers trailing down to the soft muscle of his ass, gripping one and kneading it in his callused palm, then down to grip the underside of his thigh.
he leans forward enough that his mouth follows the line of koby's arm, his shoulder, to his neck, and its there he moans low against his skin, huffing an airy little laugh after. ]
You've been distracting me for longer than you think. [ the press of koby's ass against his waking dick is delicious and the burst of confidence amid the nerves? it makes him feel wildly warm, his cock thickening, lining up so perfectly against the cleft of his pert ass. ] I'm not in so much pain that I can't enjoy you and this bath. So my order to you this evening? [ he tips his head back, keeping one hand on koby's thigh and the other falling to his ass, dragging him back forward over his aching cock, applying presser for him as he gently rolls his hips up to meet his body. ]
Don't worry about me or the pain, and I'll vow to tell you if it's too much. I very much want you right now, and it is worth any minor ailment.
[ then and only then does his mouth slide down to his collar bone, thankful suddenly that koby is in his lap as it makes it all too easy for his tongue to swipe the nipple he'd teased earlier, swirling the flat of it over the nub, coaxing. there might even be the softest graze of teeth, too. ] Are the terms agreeable, Sweet Commander?
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I guess i-if that's an order... [Stammered, shuddery breaths, pitching into a higher, pleading whine when Quentin moves away, because every tease of his lips, tickle of his teeth is devastating, and Koby can feel his heart pulsing between his legs, cunt throbbing like a bruise and he doesn't want to go too fast, because of course he's still going to worry, albeit less intensely. But he's also rapidly moving from want to need, especially when Quentin drags him along the swelling length of his cock, slipping thick and hard so close that it gets a huffy, impatient sound.
One arm's made it's way around Quentin's neck, tangling in his hair, like Koby needs to hold on for stability, fingers tightening every time their hips shift, every time there's that maddening, too-slow friction. He's being asked a question and -- honestly how can Quentin still speak in that smooth, lilting, effortless way, half sailor, half poet, when Koby feels like he's going to die if he doesn't get something inside him right now?
But right, question -- hazy-eyed, it takes Koby a moment to focus, breath coming shaky from kiss-swollen, parted lips. He nods, trying to think about anything besides Quentin's cock against his ass, Quentin's mouth seared over his collarbone, his chest, his peaked, pointed nipple. It's not at all successful, evident in the way Koby whines open-mouthed, desperate, blunt nails against the back of Quentin's neck, urging him closer, sparks of sensitivity jolting down his spine, hitching his hips so he can rut against Qunetin's hard length, nudge it between spread thighs, spread folds.]
Y-Yeah, yes, it's -- they're g-good, they're -- really good. [The tears are back, thick in Koby's voice as he drops his head forward, finds Quentin's ear and manages in a moan:] Just -- don't stop, please, please.
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his mouth tilts, sliding with sloppy eagerness to the other nipple. he can't let go any of him go untouched, but the bath indeed limits things. his dick, at the easy slide of koby's hot cunt over him, is almost painfully hard already, one hand helping to guide the movements in his lap. at least for a moment - instead, when he feels the the way koby's body practically parts in wanting for him, he moans loudly against that perfect little nipple, letting his tongue lap lazily before he provides a soft, short suck. enough to leave a little mark in his fair skin. ]
Oh I'm not going to stop, Koby. [ the name - no nickname. he has no capacity for pleasantries, for platitudes. his voice comes out husky and raw, his hips rising a few times to meet the downward slide of koby's hips. on one backslide, the hand at koby's thigh slides in, enough that when he parts his own legs enough to give some room, he presses the flat of his palm against what, when not in a bath, he's sure would be koby's sopping cunt.
his legs come back together and as koby ruts on him, it's his palm that goes instead, but one pass might bring a finger to the tight ring of his entrance, then out, teasing. ]
You are incredibly alluring when you're falling apart. But try something for me - [ he smiles a little, mouth bruised and swollen kiss-pink. ] - don't let go until I tell you that you can. I promise it will feel good.
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But then Quentin says his name. And the nicknames are fun, delightful in a way that Koby can't quite untangle, making him fluster and blush, but the sound of his name (his, entirely Koby's, chosen for himself, the first thing he'd ever chosen) has him almost immediately disobeying the following request. There's a shivering little inhale, both Koby's hands finding their way to grab onto Quentin's broad, beautiful shoulders, steadying himself.
Try something for me, Quentin says, and Koby's immediately ready to do it, anything, anything he's asked, no matter how impossible. And not finishing, not coming just from the delicious press of Quentin's finger inside him, feels incredibly impossible at that moment. Koby's honestly not sure he'll last through another searing press of their mouths together, that he'll withstand the aching need to release the coiling heat that's been building in him since the arena.
But he nods, of course. Because Quentin's asking it -- not commanding, not demanding, but requesting, with that curl of a smile, with the soft heated force of his eyes fixed on Koby, with the palm of his hand promising to be a hell of a lot better than Koby's own quick, hasty experiences getting himself off. Koby nods, gnaws his lower lips (a near-constant habit, that and the fidget of his fingers, tapping where Quentin's neck and shoulder meets), rolls his hips again, experimentally, the shivery length of his chest, his stomach, his hips sealing against Quentin's chest for a long, lingering moment.]
Y-Yeah, I can -- try. [Another of those huffy sounds, a shifting grind of his cunt against the calluses he's becoming very fond of, and Koby's eyes flutter shut, thighs shivering with the feeling.] You really don't make that easy, though, you know.
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he keeps his palm where it is, back of it being ground down against his own aching prick while his palm, upward, applies some pressure with every roll of the other man's hips. he lets the length of his middle finger slide into the heat of his cunt as he grinds down, each movement drawing his finger deeper and he turns his head, kissing koby's neck, his free hand sliding to koby's ass, encouraging his little grinds, bearing more weight down. ]
I believe you can do it. [ he whispers low in his ear, nosing into the soft pink hair at his temples. ] But if you can't, then don't hold back. Let me try and work you open, get you ready, but I promise I'll give you what you want. Can't deny it's everything I want, too.
[ because the divine heat of koby around his finger is already overwhelming, the smell of sweat and whatever soap he uses - light and fresh and sunbaked. he licks softly at the shell of his ear once, his own moan dropping against he soft skin as he adds a second finger, not quite fucking into him but letting koby's motions ground down on him. ]
You feel so good, you know that? [ there's a huff, his voice hoarse with want, mouthing the words on his jaw. ]
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Until there's the slip of Quentin's middle finger inside him, then a second sliding up the flushed split of his cunt, nudging for entrance, and there's that voice against his ear, soft and thick and heated against Koby's ear, his jaw. And it's not nearly enough, but he's still very nearly undone, panting open-mouthed into Quentin's neck, hands curling against his water-dropleted back as he tries to reel back in the thrumming pulse of pleasure. It throbs in his chest, in his stomach, in the clench around Quentin's fingers and Koby's teeth find where neck and shoulder meet, taste blood and sand and sweat as he nips there. Not quite a proper bite, but enough to leave a red-purple mark worried into Quentin's flesh, the act of it distracting Koby from how close he is to coming.]
Y-You too. [It goes without saying, it has to, because Quentin's effect is visible to see, marks blooming over Koby's throat, his chest, his mouth kiss-swollen and bruised, his breath coming ragged and panting as he rocks his hips into Quentin's hand. He thinks about the roughened, clever sailor's hands elsewhere, imagines them in his hair, encircling his wrists, pinning him to the wall, the bed, the sunwarmed grass by the lake, the shelves in the library. Koby thinks next time, and he's too caught up in how good he feels to realize how risky that is, but his trembling hands find Quentin's bruised-up neck, cradle there with his thumb stroking over the steady beat of his heart. Later, he'll think about it later, but for now he finds the throb of Quentin's pulse and presses his lips there like a promise. And he begs:]
Tell me. [Hoarse, pleading, wanting the torment of the dizzying words, wanting to dance along the knife's edge of release, wanting to see if they can stay there. Koby knows there's a very real chance he'll lose control, if Quentin says anything else, his silken smooth voice almost as deliciously maddening as the grind of his roughened fingertips. Koby shifts, finds a new angle, slips Quentin's fingers deeper inside his cunt and grinds his clit against his hand and whimpers helplessly, desperately, head falling back, hair mussed and sweatslick across his forehead.] T-Tell me what you want. What you'll d-do, please... [Promise to fuck him senseless, promise his cock his mouth his hands all night, tease that reward if Koby holds back, if he can prove himself for just a little longer, if he can be good for Quentin.]
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oh, there's more water on the floor than he'd anticipated, but how apt for them to be riding the waves of whatever this is, while the world around them is nothing but ocean spray and salt.
koby's hands are soft against his neck, in his hair, everywhere he touches and he moans particularly loudly at one roll of hips, his own hand creating delicious friction around his cock. it's a good thing, for the weeping tip of it leaks and undoubtedly creates something hot and slick between them in the water. ]
Mmm, what I want? Well, are you ready to sit here like this, handsome and proud, while I unfurl the list? [ his mouth dips again, along the line of his neck, to the soft little spot beneath his ear and he sucks hair, teeth nipping - yes, he wants people to see. it's a strange thing, the heat of possession curling in his gut, the need to draw him in and hold him and keep him close for more than just a hot bath.
but koby is earnest and sweet and so alive in a way he hasn't felt himself in a long, long time. ]
What I'll do? Well. I'll try this first - [ he moves his hand now, pistons his fingers and twists as much as he can, enough that the heel of his palm can find the sensitive nub of his clit and press, long and slow, against it. ] Feel you moving around my fingers, and god. Tell you how hard I am - how good it is my hand's gone and filled you up - but my guess is you can take more, yes?
[ but his hand actually slides away, dragging over his swollen clit, up through slick folds and out. maybe it's a little lewd, but he licks his middle finger clean, then his forefinger. and beneath koby now, the aching heat of his cock easily presses, parting folds, sitting patiently even if he doesn't feel patient.
he leans in and kisses him hard, other hand falling back to koby's neglected ass check, gripping hard and dragging him in tight, so that the head of his cock nestles just beneath those plump cheeks. ]
Frankly? I'd like to fuck you now. Can barely stand waiting, in fact, but you know. I think I like to see you squirm until I get inside of you, let you take of me everything and more.
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O-Oh my god-- [It comes out sharp, high, loud, and Koby's hand half-reaches to cover his own mouth, used to needing to be quiet, to not attract attention. But he's on a hairtrigger already, and the contact to his clit is electric, catching him between the desperate need to rut down against it and the need to obey, to keep from coming. It's almost a relief when Quentin slips his hand free, even though the sight of his tongue curled around those long, clever fingers has Koby practically salivating, imagining it elsewhere, imagining Quehntin tasting him right from the source. Which leads naturally to the thought of Koby being on his knees in return, of looking up at that sharp grin, those bright eyes, of feeling Quentin's hand in his hair, guiding his mouth open, onto his cock, filling his throat.
Unconsciously, Koby bites at his lip, sucks it into his mouth, tongue pressing against the swell of kiss-bruised flesh. It gives him something else to focus on, something beyond the mention of being filled up, the slow drag of Quentin's cock along the split of his cunt, the heat and hardness and thickness. The brief look at him half-hard hadn't been enough, Koby wants to fully appreciate Quentin completely aroused almost as much as he wants said arousal inside him right this second. Almost.]
I-I'm already s-squirming. And you p-promised. [A reminder, hot and shaky and whispered between their mouths when Quentin pulls away, when Koby rolls his hips, grinds along the length of his cock. The potential occurs to him -- teasing Quentin like this, seeing how long he can hold back, kneeling over him and kissing him amidst tangled sheets while he's the one to beg. Again, an assumption of a next time that isn't guaranteed. Quentin could be gone in the morning, could disappear right out of existence.
Thinking that, Koby doesn't want to wait any more, doesn't want to waste another instant, leaning in with his hands in Quentin's hair, thighs shivering as he tries to close them, tries to rock his hips just right to get what he's been promised, what Koby reminds Quentin of in an almost-moan:] You p-promised you'd fuck me, so fuck me.
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if they weren't in water, he thinks he'd like to push him back, let his tongue do all the talking instead of his callused fingers. one hand moves up between them again, sliding from his ass to his chest, a lazy circle over a stray nipple and then down, down, down. he'd like to prolong it - work koby up to the point of near failure and then spear him hard and fast on his cock to finish it.
but it's sloppy - makes it all feel impersonal somehow. it should be, really. they're strangers still, but when koby's thighs star shaking and he gives that stubborn little command - he's sure he hears nothing but the rush of the sea in his ears. ]
Fuck. How could I disobey my wanton little Commander? [ a hiss through his teeth with fingers tangled in his knotted hair. his hand slips down between them, circling his cock with one sure motion and lines himself up on one of koby's desperate little rocks. he doesn't mean to sink into the hilt on the first thrust, but the flared head of his dick catches on his worked entrance and that's all it takes.
his hips arch slowly, slowly, but unyielding, the striking, hot of koby wrapping his cock and all but making his own thighs shake. he moans loudly, back arching, broad palms guiding his hips carefully so that every motion, koby being urged down and his hips arching up - brings them together in entirety. it's blissful, the tight squeeze, and his breath shudders, waiting allow koby time to adjust. ]
You're - gods - Koby - [ a hitch in his own breath, natural and honest, and he grinds his hips up once, spearing the head of him deeper, deeper, until he's fully seated, consumed and overwhelmed. ] Let me fuck you - please.
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But this is -- he's awake, he's so awake, every nerve alive, every throb of his heart aching in his chest when Quentin guides his cock to slip, press, slide in, and Koby is undone he's making a sobbing, shuddering sound and pressing his forehead against Quentin's shoulder, breathing in and in and in. Even without the water, he's so damn wet that there's almost no resistance, that it doesn't hurt, it's just the steady glide of Quentin filling him for the first time, and Koby's making sounds he didn't know he was capable of. Half of them are swear words picked up in seedy saloons, sounding filthier coming from his usually sweet mouth, the others are breathy, whimpering gasps of Quentin's name.]
Mmmn, y-yeah, you -- s-slow, slowly, l-lemme just... [A shift of his hips, another of those shuddery inhales, his gaze going unfocused, hazy, stomach shivering with the effort of holding back -- because Koby still is, even though his thighs are quivering with strain and every time he breathes it shifts Quentin inside him, so deep, so full so much. Like he was made for this, and the thought sends Koby panting against the side of Quentin's neck, mouthing and worrying where it meets his shoulder and pleading in an almost-sob:] C-Can -- can I -- can I please, please, Quentin, I n-need--
[Koby pulls back with an effort, eyes big and teary and cockdrunk and heated, chest heaving with each breath, cunt throbbing like a bruise around Quentin's cock. He looks up, pleading and desperate to obey and absolutely wrecked, and begs:] Please c-can I -- come, can I please?
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A little longer, a little -
[ he leans in for a biting, bruising kiss. desperate and needy and anything to feel the pretty sounds of koby begging on his lips. it's open-mouted, hot and sliding tongues and searing teeth into a lip that has been bitten over and over by koby himself. all the while he moves glacially slow, fucking up into him with intent, growling low into their shared kiss when koby's walls clamp down. ]
You're so - are you a siren? Your mouth so pretty - your - your cunt immaculate. Shit -
[ the pressure building in the low of his belly is beginning to make him incoherent, his hips thrusting up a little faster, hands undoubtedly going to leave a bruise on the skin for the way he's holding on. ]
Go on - you're - good boy, come on. Come for me. I want to - I need to - feel you around -
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And, of course, Koby will remember what does it, what actually makes him let go an instant before permission arrives -- good boy. It sears down his spine, it makes him moan against Quentin's mouth, one hand cupping the back of his neck, the other at his shoulder, clinging white-knuckled as those two words hit him with the force of a gale wind, with the power of a tidal wave. It's probably a little cliche, yeah, but the praise feels so damn good, triumph thrumming through Koby's body along with that unbearable build of heat and pleasure he's been fighting this entire time, and then it snaps, a rope pulled taut, a sail filled with wind, salt and sea in his mouth and steam in his hair and pooled in the hollow of his throat.
There's an instant of clarity, of I need to, he needs, I need to give, a thousand half-formed thoughts that turn into Koby driving back onto Quentin's cock, taking him to the hilt so he can feel it, feel the release, the shivering, clenching, tightening clutch of slick, wet heat around every inch of him. And then there's nothing but heat and light and Koby gasping out--] Y-yes, yesyesyes, god, Quentin, yes-- [--as he comes on his cock, as Quentin fucks him through it, as any thoughts of someone overhearing them absolutely vanish, any thoughts beside yes and more and please and the sharp, gasp of QuentinQuentinQuentin over and over again. His back arches, head going back, toes curling and every muscle strained and singing and liquid with how good it feels.
And still, despite it all, Koby manages, eyes glazed and hazy and locked on Quentin, to plead:] Don't -- don't stop, don't stop, need you t-to -- [To come as well, to feel this deliriously good, to lose himself just as much as Koby is, even if each movement just prolongs that devastating peak of pleasure again and again.]
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koby comes undone around him and the sound that leaves quentin's throat is near feral against the man's mouth, licking against his chin, his lips, to the roof of his mouth like koby is withholding some sweet nectar he must taste. the little bites of nails in his sholder, the way his hair pulls, everything about the way koby handles him lacking the sweetness but full of desperation. it makes his blood sing hot, his hips making water slosh messily around them as his pace speeds up, feeling desperately squeezed and milked and sucked dry by the way koby moves over him.
he has enough sense - only just - to lean forward, mouth latching against a collar bone, sucking against the skin and blooming a red mark there. ]
I need to - [ soft, panted, desperate, little low moans tumbling from his hips with every motion of his hips. ] You want it? Inside? [ where? their future will hold so many options - along the line of his stomach, over the sweet scars on his chest, his face, those pouty lips - anywhere, anywhere, anywhere. ]
Koby. [ the urgency to answer him, to allow him relief in return. ]
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So he doesn't tease -- not knowingly, though he does rock his hips lazily in Quentin's lap, rides the urgent thrusts with blissful calm, still shivering through aftershocks and not so oversensitive that it's too much. He finds the damp curls tumbling into Quentin's face, smooths them back with shaky hands, smiles at the need, the hunger in how the man moans his name. That -- Koby could listen to that for the rest of his life, and he feels too damn good to realize how dangerous that feeling is.]
Yeah. [Soft, breathy, a shift of his hips, a shuddering clench around Quentin's cock, coaxing, permitting, inviting.] Inside, you -- [He leans in, catches Quentin's mouth again, cradles his face like he had when doctoring his wounds, when cleaning away blood and watching the weariness and mirth war in those dark eyes. Koby kisses him, twice, three times, breathes against his mouth:] Go on, you can, I've got you. [He's not sure where that last comes from, that promise, that reassurance that's too sweet for a heated, hasty encounter. Maybe it's that Koby doesn't know how to be anything other than a bleeding heart, than an open hand and an earnest voice, than clumsy kisses and the press of his still-shivering body against Qunetin's. Maybe he's sweet all the way through, despite the best efforts of more than one world.]
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i've got you, koby says and something in quentin snaps, one hard thrust and his whole body goes wire-tight, tense and full of white-hot heat. he cums hard and fast, dick twitching and throbbing as he spills deep into koby, hot and desperately, rolling his hips through the mad rush of he orgasm, murmuring the other man's name into their little kisses, his arms wrapping tightly around him and crushing him to his chest.
close, close, close - they can't get any closer than they are now, with their chests flattened together, his cock in that perfect, weeping cunt, their mouths pressing in frantic breathy kisses. his whole body shudders through the aftershock, and only after a few moments of quiet does he come up for air on a breathy laugh, mouth dragging over koby's cheek, his jaw, his chin, then licking slow and languid into his mouth all over again. ]
You're so good, you know that? So, so good. [ his words are a hazy rambling, some of the learned charm falling away to reveal the man who is nothing but a sailor, a navigator, just a man. ] You taste like the sea.
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But then, after the shudder of catching breaths and the slow settling of racing hearts, just barely out of sync, Koby's pressed against Quentin's, thrumming in his chest, his neck, his shaky thighs and the shivery heat still snug around Quentin's cock, there's those hazy words of praise. And they're not needed, because this is the after, this is where they can part, where it can end, where there's no need to woo any longer. Koby had half-expected Quentin to disentangle himself, to kiss once, twice more, to return to his task in water cooled from scalding to lukewarm. He would've...been fine with that (he thinks, he lies).
Instead, though, Quentin murmurs praise against Koby's kiss-bruised mouth, holds him like he has no intention of letting go, and it sends a throb of something dangerous and lovely through the younger man's chest. It makes him smile, without a hint of shyness, just bright and warm and adoring, every emotion painted across his flushed face. You taste like the sea, Quentin says, and Koby actually laughs, catches the corner of his mouth for one more kiss, then shifting back just slightly, shivering a little at the shift of Quentin going soft inside him.]
Not too much? You aren't hurting worse, right? [Fussy, always fussy, trembly hands grabbing for soap, for a washcloth, then settling into Quentin's lap and taking a couple steadying breaths.] You can lean back, but don't fall asleep in the bath, that's dangerous. [Koby smooths Quentin's hair back, away from the mostly-clotted gash on his forehead, thumbing around it gently to make sure it isn't bleeding again.] I'll braid this back, after I wash it, so you don't get it in your face. Okay?
[As if it's already decided. As if it's obvious that the next step after (incredible, earth-shattering, mind-blowing) sex is hair-washing. There isn't even a moment of hesitation.]
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he comes down from the absolute high of his orgasm and sighs, molten and pliable and grinning like a cat who has spilled the cream and drank it up in one go. ] Not hurting at all.
[ well. his cock is sensitive, still buried and going soft inside of koby but he doesn't make any notion to move. the only move he makes his raising one leg which invariably bumps koby a tiny bit, so he can nudge the hot water back on with his toes. they've splashed enough out that top-off won't hurt. he leans back like he's told, which just gives him a better view of koby's body splayed atop his lap. and he admires the look of him, sweaty and damp, hair curling at the ends and body flushed with little traces of his own mouth. the puffy nipples, the scars, the flat plane of his belly and well, yes. where they're joined beneath the water.
his palms slide up, ghosting patterns along koby's sides, down to his thighs where he traces little shapes into his skin. ]
All that and you're warning me on falling asleep? Washing my hair?
[ he laughs brightly, reaching for the hand touching the clotted cut on his brow and dragging it to his mouth, kissing his palm softly. ]
Go on then, sweet little Commander, I won't stop you. I don't think I could if I tried and I'd much rather not garner your wrath. Are you a vengeful sea siren? Do you sing your worrisome little songs to spite my stubbornness?
[ it's a wash cloth and soap he steals from koby's hand, lathering the fabric with the sage smelling bar. if koby doesn't hurry up, quentin's going to start either bathing himself or bathing koby. maybe both. ]
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But --] I'm a very motivated siren, not a vengeful one. [It comes out breathless, on a shivered sigh at the tickle of Quentin's hands on oversensitive skin. Mind and body are at a disagreement, the former focused on the initial goal of cleanliness while the latter just wants to see how long it takes before Quentin's ready for round two. Koby shifts his hips, experimentally tightens around the half-hard length still buried inside him, teethes at his bruised lower lip against a whimpering sigh.
And then Quentin steals the washcloth, and Koby is focused again, frowning and scrunching his nose as he grabs for it, brow knitting in disapproval.] And I don't think anything could stop your stubbornness. I've known you less than a day and that much is evident. [Very snippy for someone still sitting on the man's cock, Koby. But he plucks the lathered washcloth away, softens his snark with a firm kiss to Quentin's cheek, his chin, his nose.] So -- I'll ask nicely.
Let me help you. [Finding Quentin's mouth, free hand coming to his face again, soft, stroking over the bruising there, half from the arena, half from Koby himself.] Please. Just -- lie back and let me take care of you.
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