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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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[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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[ he grins a little, almost doggishly in the way he enjoys their banter. koby is as stubborn as a tide ripping into the shore - persistent, of course, and strong. maybe it's that paired with the open eagerness that catches his attention. two things that do not usually go hand in hand and yet here they are, packaged up in a boy who sits in his lap, speared on his half hard cock, covered in little marks.
he's exquisite, really.
he relinquishes the washcloth, opens his mouth to return but is halted by the soft kisses that travel the line of his face, and his breath catches a little, surprised. his eyes flutter closed, leaning into the kiss a little earnestly, breathing him in and letting his hands fall back to koby's hips, idly resting there, thumbing the soft skin at the front of them. ]
Well, then. [ quiet, his eyes half lidded when he pulls back, enough to nudge their noses together. ] You make it very difficult to argue with you.
[ he smiles a little, kissing him softly once more, catching his bottom lip between his and leaning in, chasing the warmth and sweetness of him. it's easier to kiss and touch and fuck and not worry about himself. bumps and bruises and cuts will heal - they always do. it's strange - he usually goes by now - disentangles himself and wishes cutesy little goodbyes with a promise of another night, another day. he means his word, too, but this? this is different.
he gives a sigh in mock defeat and relaxes back as he'd been instructed, dark eyes peering up at him from under heavy, dark lashes. ]
You will be very disappointed after all this care when you find out I'm nothing but a lecherous scallywag. Don't say I didn't warn you, Koby.
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But he wants to. He wants to follow that thread of raw, aching honesty he can still hear in the way Quentinโs breath catches. He wants to push and prod and untangle and confront whatever it is that makes Quentin stunned by kindness, again and again, much as he tries to hide it. Koby is a notorious overthinker, but he's also sharp, observant, putting together patterns somewhere behind those serious, wide eyes. And he's caught it, each time that Quentinโs carefully-crafted facade slips, every time there's a glimmer of something raw and vulnerable beneath.
And he wonders -- who taught you to hide that? Why? For how long? What can I do to show you that you don't have to anymore?
Koby doesn't say any of that, though, instead just waiting for Quentin to settle back before setting to work soaping up his shoulders, his collarbone and chest. There's -- granted, there's a little bit of lingering, of still-trembly fingertips gently rubbing in circles at dried blood or streaky grime. And Koby is very much still naked, still literally in Quentinโs lap, unable to hide the effect touching him has, the involuntary shivers, the subtle way he shifts his hips and squeezes around Quentin still inside him.
It's -- surprisingly nice, the softening warmth, the sensation of still being full, connected, even as the frenetic heat of moments before has faded. Even once he's finished lathering up Quentinโs front, his chest and stomach and shoulders and all down his (perfect, also perfect) arms, Koby lingers for a moment, taking one of Quentinโs hands. There's not much blood or grime there, but Koby circles his thumbs over the broad, callused palm regardless, looking down at the lines and creases, like he can find the answers to all his questions there.
When he speaks, it's soft, like the curl of his hair where it's still damp against his forehead, like the warmth of Quentinโs other hand at his hip:] I don't think you're going to disappoint me, Quentin. [Koby looks up, blue eyes serious, but still soft, still warm, tracing the calluses of Quentinโs hand like he already has them memorized.] You haven't yet.
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he even enjoys the way koby squirms in his lap, the way the velvety walls of koby's cunt squeeze around him from time to time, bringing some blood back to his sensitive and softened prick. he's a simple man, really, and he hums low in his throat, the sound no doubt vibrating through him. ]
Oh, little Handsome Commander, [ he says lazily, eyes opening and watching the way koby traces the lines of his palm. ] Give me time. It's only been a few hours - at least let me believe that until morning. Afterall, you did all the work here.
[ there's a hand that falls to rest low on koby's stomach, and quentin's own hips give a squirm as a reminder, a little grin pulling over his lips. ] When I get you to bed who knows what fumbles you'll experience.
[ it's easier to shield the soft, fleshy thing in his chest, all vulnerable and human. kept behind lock and key, iron bars and the careful cage of bones. ]
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Itโs too soon to tell if thatโs part of what Quentin feels, if the sidesteps and drawling words are genuine, or if that soft look he gets when he closes his eyes, the way he relaxes into the careful, meticulous touch is the truth instead. Itโs a puzzle, still โ but Koby does love those.
So he rolls his eyes fondly, lets Quentin put up his guard, deflect with that grin and the wiggle of his hips, prompting a soft, low gasp at the spark of oversensitivity, at the realization that Koby is very much ready to just โ go again, a second round, a third, a fourth. He actually glances over towards his bedroom, the open door, the steam from the bath swirling out and no doubt making the entire suite foggy and heated. But then โ no, he has a task to do, and with a deliberate squeeze around Quentinโs cock, once more, Koby slowly rises up on his knees, unable to resist the soft whine of loss.]
B-Back first. [Insistent, firm, like he doesnโt immediately want to sink back down, like there isnโt a near-unbearable emptiness as soon as Quentinโs softened length slides free. Koby shivers, bites at the corner of his mouth, resisting the urge (barely, just barely) and leaning back against the opposite side of the tub, just out of Quentinโs reach. The water is still warm, still nearly scalding, but he still hunches his shoulders against the chill that comes from not being in Quentinโs lap anymore, preoccupying himself with rinsing out the washcloth and soaping it up again.] Turn around, let me get your hair clean too. [Making Quentin do all the work, because heโs too busy pressing his thighs together, resisting the fervent impulse to reach down, to press his fingers up inside his cunt and chase that delicious feeling of fullness again. Maybe later.]
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You're hardly any fun.
[ but there's a softness to his smile as he shifts in the water, careful not to bump koby, turning slowly, presenting his back to him. he's well muscled, years of pulling ropes and climbing and ship work to finely craft the curves of is back and shoulders. there are a few bruises blooming up from the fight, but no cuts - just dirt, sweat, and likely the blood of an opponent.
looking over his shoulder, head tipping up at koby, his eyes wander to his mouth. ]
So you must kiss me for my efforts. I am injured, remember.
[ it's all playful, but the longer he's sat there's a clear bruise rising under the skin of his side where he'd been in pain earlier. give it time and he'll be delightfully black and blue come morning. ]
And when you're finished with me, Commander, I will see to it you're clean and washed up. I would be a terrible guest if I didn't.
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Still. Itโs a nice back and itโs a nice moment of softness, which bleeds easily into a moment of concern when Koby sees that forming bruise. He frowns, brow furrowed, even as he rises up on his knees and absently kisses the side of Quentinโs mouth, eyes never leaving the mark.] You are. I remember. Iโll be careful. [One palm presses lightly to the edges of the bruise, feeling for the shift of bone that would speak of breaks, then Koby huffs, pulls his gaze away and leans up against Quentinโs back to kiss him properly.] We should wrap that, when youโre dry. Keep it from aching so much.
[One more kiss, a moment of flushed, heated, wet bodies pressed together, Kobyโs stomach and scarred chest to Quentinโs broad back, then back to the task at hand. The careful, meticulous scrubbing is back, circles to coax away the blood and the grime, then a squeeze of the sodden cloth to rinse. Thereโs a methodical thoughtfulness to it, to the lull in conversation, just the sound of water and suds and the soft โhmโ sounds Koby makes when he encounters a bruise. He always pauses there, switching from the cloth to his hands instead, so he can be especially gentle, so he can thumb away the dirt and dried sweat with the lightest touch possible. Once or twice he lingers, stroking around the edge of one injury or another, noting in his mind โ not all of them are fresh. Some are old, scattered over Quentinโs throat or shoulders, same as the bruises on his front. It sparks more questions, more pieces fitting one into another, but Koby doesnโt say anything.
Not until this last comment, given right as heโs rinsing Quentinโs back and shoulders for a final time. He makes a mild, indignant sound, setting the cloth aside and reaching up to gather Quentinโs damp curls back away from his forehead, his neck.] Iโm not the unclean one here. I wasnโt rolling around in the dust trying to punch people. Lie back, get your hair wet. [That huffy, bossy tone is back, even as Kobyโs fingers card gently through each curl, coaxing out dried blood or grime, twining the coils carefully to protect the shape. Once Quentin obeys โ how can he not, with such a demanding commander? โ Koby cups water with one hand, pouring it gently over the thick mass of dark curls, ensuring theyโre fully soaked. He adds, after a moment, in a soft voice:] If I need cleaning, whose fault is that, hm? [A bit of a cheeky question, considering Quentinโs very nearly lying in his lap, but Kobyโs still throbbing, sensitive inside, well-aware that when he stands it wonโt be just water streaming down his legs.]
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