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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 β€” 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 Β« CHARACTER NAME | CANON | NEW CHARACTER/IN GAMEΒ» 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 isn’t, stay in bed and wallow β€” eventually a maid will be in to tear your curtains open, saying, "Breakfast is served," and scurrying out quietly, invisibly. Breakfast? Maybe it’s normal for you. Maybe it isn’t.

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 β€” have you been here before? Were you drawn up to this estate in a car? Haven’t 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, you’ll 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 he’s as good at being invisible as the rest of the house staff. Of course, there’s no reason why you can’t 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 doesn’t want you to leave. Those more sensitive or fragile might find they can’t 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 doesn’t dissipate, though β€” 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, it’s 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. It’s 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.

It’s 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 β€” 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 β€” a Pantheon, and quite a sizable one (see: no, not terribly historically accurate) from the outside.

Between the columns and up the stone steps, you’ll find an entryway dedicated to worship on a grouping of twelve Roman gods β€” six male (Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Apollo, Vulcan and Mercury) and their six female counterparts (Juno, Minerva, Venus, Diana, Vesta, and Ceres) β€” as depicted by several busts with small, holy fires lit before them for offerings. Notably, there’s 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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


longitudinal: (175uMU2)

[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-13 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ if he wasn't so desperate himself he might make a comment about koby's filthy mouth, might tease at the inhale and the way koby begins to go desperate and panting at the first press of his cock. but even quentin feels the roar of the noise in his ears, the intense heat enveloping his cock. he groans, voice sounding with little exertions that follow the slow, slow, slow movement of his hips. he thrusts up into koby, slow and letting his own ass come up off the porcelain, so he can press as deep and needy as he wants. ]

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 -
kobes: ([star] lost in thought)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-13 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Later, Koby will replay every word to himself -- pretty, immaculate, he'll find every mark Quentin's left on him in the dark and press his fingers to them, the bruises on his hips and the bite marks on his neck, sparking them alive with pinprick thrills of pain, remembering everything, remembering this. Remembering the press of bitten-red lips against his gasping mouth, remembering the way his body clutches and throbs around Quentin inside him at the delicious agony of each word, each touch, each thrust to the hilt. He'll remember how hard obedience was, how his nails drew little half-moon marks over Quentin's shoulders, how his stomach tightened and his knees pressed hard into the other man's hips, how he clung to that thread of control when everything in him was coming undone, shuddering, sobbing sounds with each deliberate plunge of that (perfect, glorious, shattering) cock into his core.

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.]
longitudinal: (ezB47cG)

[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-13 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ quentin can't stop the movement of his hips if he tried, unable to resist the hot slick of koby's weeping cunt, the way it clamps down around him, the way every movement brings more more more from the man in his lap. he moans, hips working, one hand still on koby's ass, the other reaching up to hook against his neck and drag him in close for a sloppy, wanton kiss.

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. ]
kobes: ([:)] i desire u carnally luffy)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-13 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmmn? [It's wordless, a soft shuddering sigh of a sound as that peak starts to abate, as all the brilliant, blazing heat and light that had coursed up and down Koby's limbs, filled the space between his ribs, tumbled out in sharp, gasping cries of Quentin's name -- all that starts to slip away, leaving a delicious, loose-limbed warmth in it's wake, numbing the edge of any sensation that isn't pure satisfaction. It's Koby's turn to smile, a curl of a grin, wobbly and fond, feeling the bloom of that mark on his collar bone, feeling hazy and fucked out and content like a cat in a sunbeam. He's very used to rolling over and going to sleep after getting off, but he's also very used to "getting off" being his own hand or a pillow and a few moments of urgent grinding to achieve a pale imitation of what Quentin's just given him.

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.]
longitudinal: (T7O94z7)

[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-14 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ koby works over him, encourages him, their hips crashing together in a slip of water and spend. those callused hands slide over his face, smoothing his hair, everything tender and blooming warm between them. he's beautiful like this - all fucked out and flushed and ethereal, the boy siren come to his stern to whisk him away.

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.
kobes: ([:)] curiosity!)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-14 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Something shifts, something just subtle enough that Koby almost misses it, in that heated, hazy, post-orgasmic glow, in that searing moment of heat and fullness and satisfaction when Quentin comes inside him, when he says Koby's name again and again and shudders apart with pleasure. That would've been enough, would've still cemented the last however long -- half hour, less, more, time has ceased to matter, ceased to impact anything -- as something Koby's going to return to again and again, bring up in his constantly-humming mind over and over.

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.]
longitudinal: (DgOeVfN)

[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-14 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ who else could know the way his soul years to be sailing on a sea than this person in this moment? thank koby with his gentle, callused hands and bright, eager eyes. the bath water has gone lukewarm but he doesn't care - used to the frigid swims in early mornings or the dead of winter. anything to feel the spray of seafoam on his back and teh wind over his skin.

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. ]
kobes: ([:|] compelling argument)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-15 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Even the slight movements, the lift of one foot, the settle of Quentin's back against the curve of the tub, the rumble of laughter in his broad chest -- it shifts where they're still joined, where Quentin's softening, but still buried, where Koby's still sensitive and shuddery with aftershocks, and it feels good, so good, something else Koby had never really considered before. He thinks about how if they weren't in the water, he could probably feel Quentin's spend leaking down his thighs, and the abrupt desire for just that very nearly distracts Koby from his goals.

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.
longitudinal: (z30P4wi)

[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-15 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
And in that same half a day I think I've discovered that I've met my match - your stubbornness rivals mine. I like yours better - did you know your cheeks sometimes match your hair color?

[ 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.
kobes: ([:|] compelling argument)

[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-15 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'm very aware. [There's a put-upon little huff, as if Koby's face and ears haven't been the exact shade of his hair for a while now. He could blame it on the warm water, on the pleasantly strenuous activities, make some comment about it being Quentin’s fault entirely. But the truth is -- well, it's somewhere in the shift between lilting banter and the ragged repetition of Koby's name like a prayer. There's something there, some hidden depths that Koby knows he has no right to explore.

But he wants to. He wants to follow that thread of raw, aching honesty he can still hear in the way Quentin’s 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 Quentin’s 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 Quentin’s 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 Quentin’s front, his chest and stomach and shoulders and all down his (perfect, also perfect) arms, Koby lingers for a moment, taking one of Quentin’s 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 Quentin’s 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 Quentin’s hand like he already has them memorized.] You haven't yet.
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-15 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ quentin relaxes into the newly warmed water, allowing koby to soap up his front, his arms, his hands. it is strangely relaxing, being cared for like this. he tips his head back, sighing softly, all the tension in his body seeping away as his eyes drift shut, enjoying the touch.

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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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-15 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[It’s a funny contradiction, Quentin’s careful deflection, his reassuring that he’s going to be a disappointment eventually, while Koby’s still shivery and slightly light-headed from just how hard he’d come minutes before. He can’t quite tell if it’s part of the act, this carefree, cavalier persona that Quentin fits neatly inside, the handsome, flirtatious playboy that leaves a line of broken hearts in his wake – or if there’s a part of it that rings true. Koby knows all about self-deprecation, about the loathing that crawls beneath your skin, highlights all your faults, all your failures like ink bleeding onto paper. He knows what it feels like to hate yourself.

It’s too soon to tell if that’s 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. It’s a puzzle, still – 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 – 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 – no, he has a task to do, and with a deliberate squeeze around Quentin’s 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 doesn’t immediately want to sink back down, like there isn’t a near-unbearable emptiness as soon as Quentin’s 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 Quentin’s reach. The water is still warm, still nearly scalding, but he still hunches his shoulders against the chill that comes from not being in Quentin’s 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 he’s 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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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-15 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ quentin hums when koby squeezes around him again, delicious and tempting, his cock already going hot inside him, warming up yet again and beginning to harden. but before he can truly enjoy the feeling koby is up on his knees again, and out of reflex, quentin reaches for the small of his waist, steadying him. he misses he easy weight of the man in his lap already. ]

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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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-15 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
β€œHardly any” is an improvement. I’m usually told I’m β€œnot fun at all”. [It comes out soft, taking out any sting, because – well. That’s quite a back. Koby’s gotten the full, dizzying effect of Quentin’s broad shoulders, his muscled chest, but seeing the curves of his shoulderblades, the line of his spine, the way his muscles ripple and tense as he settles himself is…oddly intimate. Which yes, he realizes is strange considering that they were, until seconds before, joined as intimately as two people could be. But it’s different. Showing your back to someone is vulnerability, trust to some extent. It’s saying I believe you aren’t going to hurt me -- though granted, Quentin is easily half a foot taller than Koby, and significantly more broad, so maybe that isn’t even a possibility in his mind.

Still. It’s a nice back and it’s 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 Quentin’s mouth, eyes never leaving the mark.
] You are. I remember. I’ll 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 Quentin’s back to kiss him properly.] We should wrap that, when you’re dry. Keep it from aching so much.

[One more kiss, a moment of flushed, heated, wet bodies pressed together, Koby’s stomach and scarred chest to Quentin’s 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. There’s a methodical thoughtfulness to it, to the lull in conversation, just the sound of water and suds and the soft β€œhm” 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 – not all of them are fresh. Some are old, scattered over Quentin’s throat or shoulders, same as the bruises on his front. It sparks more questions, more pieces fitting one into another, but Koby doesn’t say anything.

Not until this last comment, given right as he’s rinsing Quentin’s back and shoulders for a final time. He makes a mild, indignant sound, setting the cloth aside and reaching up to gather Quentin’s damp curls back away from his forehead, his neck.
] I’m not the unclean one here. I wasn’t rolling around in the dust trying to punch people. Lie back, get your hair wet. [That huffy, bossy tone is back, even as Koby’s fingers card gently through each curl, coaxing out dried blood or grime, twining the coils carefully to protect the shape. Once Quentin obeys – how can he not, with such a demanding commander? – Koby cups water with one hand, pouring it gently over the thick mass of dark curls, ensuring they’re 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 Quentin’s very nearly lying in his lap, but Koby’s still throbbing, sensitive inside, well-aware that when he stands it won’t be just water streaming down his legs.]
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-15 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there's a victorious little smirk on his lips when he pulls back from the third kiss. anything to distract, to fluster, to pull away from the fact that he's aching now as his injuries have time to settle. but also to pull koby's mind from being no fun - this has been exceedingly fun, and its the third kiss that has him leaning back, pressing his weight into koby's chest. ]

But you've just shared a bath with said dusty, dirty, bloody devil. Never mind I could taste the sweat on your skin. Like I said - you taste like the sea.

[ he does as he's told, however, leaning back until he's in the water, practically in koby's lap. he lets his hair soak but his eyes flit up to koby - where he can see the pout of his lips, the little marks he's left. he has to grab the edge of the tub to sit up after, staying reclined enough so that koby doesn't have to reach for him and so that he can rest against koby's thighs again. ]

To your satisfaction? [ another teasing job, but his eyes shutter, letting the man pour water and run fingers through his hair. it even coaxes out a low, heady groan. ]

But you're right - it's my fault you need cleaning. But I suppose there are more ways than one to solve that problem.
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-16 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I did. You make it hard to say no. [Koby flips the words back onto Quentin, and he sees that little smirk, right when it registers just how casually affectionate they're being. That -- isn't normal, not for him. He's always been so awkwardly conscious of himself, always fidgeting or slouching or trying to take up less space. But somehow in the space of a couple hours, Quentin's made him loose-limbed and relaxed and not the least bit self-conscious. How much of that is coming so hard he believes in god (all of them) and how much of that is just enjoying Quentin's company?

It's all a little too much to sort out when naked and occupied with untangling the glorious mess of curls, so Koby puts it aside until later. Instead he grabs for the shampoo, something a bit more floral than the soap -- light, not too overpowering, just the faintest scent of lilac and linen. It's subtle enough that Koby doesn't feel like he's suffocating when he uses it, and it's poured liberally into Quentin's now-damp hair, before Koby sets about lathering it up. He'd been skilled with the general bathing, but his fingers positively fly through this, like he's been handling long, tangled curls for years.
]

There is. There's a shower right over there. [Koby says it matter-of-factly enough that it'd be easy to assume he's just that oblivious. But it's accompanied with him tugging gently at his grip in Quentin's hair, pulling him back to rest fully on Koby's thighs, so the younger man can smile at him upside-down.] I don't think that's what you meant though, is it? [A shake of his head, clever fingers buried to the knuckle in sudsy curls, then dragging down from root to tip.] You're insatiable, you know. Close your eyes.

[One hand scoops up more water, rinsing out the soap, another moves to shield Quentin's face so he doesn't get shampoo running down into his eyes. It's another of those automatic, careful gestures, all of them layering one upon another to say the same thing, again and again -- this isn't just for sex, isn't just for fun. Koby meant what he said, when he asked to help, when he said let me take care of you, and he means to make the most of the time he's allowed.]
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-16 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's hard to focus with koby's hands in his hair and how heavy his whole body feels soaking in the heat and under the gentle care of another. it's been so long - the last time anyone touched him in a bath, washed him, was his arrival at the palace. he'd been scrubbed raw, cleaned, plucked, picked at and presented like a prize horse for the taking.

this is all different, of course, and he closes his eyes on command, not that it's hard to. he sighs deeply, so much of his tension leaving his body as koby's hands work, and he hums, amused, at the little tug. ]


Mm, a shower? No. But keep doing that and I'm not sure we'll leave this tub. Which would be a shame because then I really couldn't do much about getting you cleaned up.

[ there's the implication that he likes the hair pulling (oh, he does), and the implication of course that he would like to spend time with his head and newly washed hair pressed between koby's thighs (he very much wants this). but for the moment he settles, breathing evening out a little as koby works, as he settles against the boy in the heat of the back, skin on skin.

it's wildly intimate - and he's had softer encounters with his port stops throughout his life. tender barmaids and sweet pageboys, the ones who know how much it means to be cared for on a rough sea. the ones who travel and know that a tiny fleck of humanity goes such a long way. but this feels like much more - let me take care of you, koby said, and quentin believes him. how can he not with his open, wide eyes and his quick reactions, his kneejerk snipping. ]


You're good at this.

[ the wine may be hitting now, too, making him pliant and lazy, his head tipping back and a hand skirting the line of koby's leg beneath him. thank goodness the tubs are big. ]
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-16 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a soft laugh as Koby rinses out Quentin's hair, scooping handfuls of the cooling, slightly sudsy water up over the soapy curls, then gently squeezing the thick mass out, before fingercombing it all back away from his forehead.] We'll run out of hot water eventually. Or turn into fish. [Now that Quentin's hair is clean, there's no need to really smooth or stroke it, but Koby continues for a moment more, enjoying the silky weight of each curl between his fingers.

More than that, he enjoys watching the tension leave Quentin's face, smooth out from between his brows, loosen from around his smirking, teasing mouth. One roughened thumb strokes over one temple, tracing slow circles there, as if to ward off any worry. As if that'd be enough.
] I wouldn't mind being a fish. Or maybe a dolphin. [Koby's voice goes softer, the faint accent easier to parse out now, a bit of a twanging drawl that would mark him as East Blue, were he in the real world. But he isn't. He's in this one, warm and wet and pleasantly sore, that spark of wanting stirred back up by the weight of Quentin against his lap, by the inky cling of curls between his fingers.

There's that urge to lean down, to kiss Quentin again, to send the day hurtling back towards the steamy, hazy heat of their bodies entwined, to collect on the teasing implication hidden in that smiling, rumbling voice. There's also an urge to ask Quentin to stay, to spend the night, to let Koby keep looking after him, keep showing him again and again that he'd made the right choice following a scrawny, nervous, awkward little sailor up the steps, into his room, into his arms. At the heart of both is something that's been throbbing like a bruised rib this entire time -- he doesn't want this to be the only time he sees Quentin. One way or another.

A slow inhale, then Koby starts dividing Quentin's hair into sections, starting at the crown of his head and beginning to braid, an intricate pattern that gathers more and more sections as he braids down towards Quentin's neck. A French braid, it'd be called in some pockets of the universe, but Koby has no idea what France is.
] My hair used to be much longer. I got good at braiding it to keep it out of the way. [A beat.] It wasn't as pretty as yours, though.
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-16 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think you and I are capable of turning into fish. We're sailors - we're as near to fish as we can be already! Though you would make the most alluring merman - or a trout, maybe a kipper.

[ he hums, teasing him again and stretching languidly in koby's lap, the fingers weaving in and out of his curls so soothing in a way he's never experienced. ]

It feels like you'll get yourself in a tangle like this.

[ but koby explains and he hums thoughtfully, listening to his story and trying to imagine the fair-faced boy with long hair. it would suit him in a way, and quentin wonders what it would be like to thread his fingers through it and give little tugs and pulls. but he can immediately connect why the long hair went, why the koby he's meeting now is different from the one who came long before. ]

I like your hair. The color. Unusual, but memorable. I could never forget a fellow navigator with pink hair - with those big eyes and glasses - no less that stubborn tongue. You are stuck to the very roof of my skull, whether you wish to be or not, my fellow navigator.

[ he laughs a little, feeling the way the braid starts to come to an end. he's miserably impatient, but pleasantly sated. he shouldn't turn, he shouldn't roll to his stomach in the bath, in koby's lap but he does anyway, arms reaching for the tub to bracket koby in, legs sprawled behind him in the water as he pulls himself up into koby's space and kisses him hard, slow, his own body still burning from the afterglow. ]

It means I must spend all night scrubbing the very image of you out of my mind. It will be a long, laborious task. One that will mean I need supervision from the lands' finest medic.

[ he nudges their noses together, playful and tired and laughing against koby's mouth. ] You simply cannot kick me out. Your bed is far closer than mine - you wouldn't want me to get injured on the way to my rooms would you?

[ all that to say: please invite me to stay. our time can't be up yet. ]
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-16 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
A trout. [With some indignation, with Koby's quick fingers weaving curls together, creating a neat line of a braid, silky and damp and smelling of lilacs.] I guess it's better than a salmon. Or a herring. [He could go on naming fish, even as he tangles one curl over and around itself, tying off the braid without elastic, an old trick. He wonders if Quentin ever fished -- he must've, a crew takes turns supplementing dried meat and pickles with fresh-caught fish. Koby used to like doing it for fun, hours alone with the line and his thoughts and his daydreams. Before the pirates, before the marines, a time summoned up by recalling the long, stick-straight plaits he once wore. Koby hasn't thought about that version of himself in a long time.

Quentin smiles up at him, sleepy and fond and sweet-scented, Quentin calls him unforgettable, in so many words, and Koby's smiling before he can stop it. There's an ache in his chest the shape of that grin, and Koby knows better than to hope for impossibilities -- but then, he's hidden away under layers and uniforms and scrunched shoulders for so, so long. But: he's here now, unveiled, unmasked, bare-chested and soft-smiled, with Quentin bright and beaming in his lap. There's something impossible.

Koby's about to reply when Quentin moves, and there's a brief frown of concern, both hands reaching out to ease the movement --
] Careful, you're hurt -- [--but then Quentin is there, warm and broad and glorious, like some sort of sea god, rising from the depths to bewitch and beguile poor sailors.

Poor sailors who immediately reach out, who lean forward and curl both arms around said sea god's necks, pull them closer and kiss them deep. Stupid, foolish sailors who surrender immediately to the tricky twist of wind or fate, who murmur:
] You shouldn't be doing anything laborious. Not while you're recovering.

[And, eyes wide, lashes damp from the steamy air, thumb finding Quentin’s cheek and tracing the sharp shape:] You should stay. If -- you want to. [An inhale, chest pressing against Quentin’s, the contact like the wind filling sails, the snap of rope and canvas and the scent of salt.] I want you to.

Stay.
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-16 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I’ve been plenty careful.

[ he hums when koby’s arms wrap his neck, when he cannot help but sweep one of his own arms behind the smaller man, dragging their bodies closer again, the warmth of him against the cooling bath water enough to make hime want to stay pressed close. he imagines what it would be like setting sail with koby - wind in their hair and the seas open before them. but that will always be a sailor’s dream, won’t it?

he sighs against koby’s mouth, nudging their noses together playfully. ]


I’d like to stay. So it’s settled. I will be taking over your bed for the night, fellow navigator. I hope your ship is well prepared and your sails deployed, I suspect we’re in for a long evening.

[ he grins, goofy and almost boyish, before sliding back away. his side aches of course, but he still pushes himself up slowly, standing from the water and stepping over the edge, uncaring that he’s dripping water all over the tile. it’s tile for a reason, after all.

he turns to koby and offers him his hand, ignoring the sting in his own side, instead admiring. ]


You’ll have to lead me through the books and the maps - I’d hate to take a wrong turn. Your bed looked comfortable on the horizon.
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-17 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[The rush of the water, the dizzying taste of Quentin after what feels like too long -- though it's really been a scant handful of moments, scarcely anything -- has Koby thinking of the sea as well, the rush of the waves, the roll of the deck. He wonders: if they'd met somewhere else, somewhere with a horizon to chase and sails to fill with wind, would things have still gone as they did? Would something have drawn Koby to plant himself in Quentin's path, set his heels in and refuse to leave, be as loud and pushy and insistent as he possibly could and somehow still end up in his arms? Or was it just this place, this strange other world that had facilitated their meeting?

If it's the latter, Koby almost feels like it's worth it, with the nudge of Quentin's nose against his, the taste of Quentin on his tongue, the warm rumble of Quentin's voice in his chest.
]

Let's hope you don't get seasick. [It's perhaps a weak attempt at keeping up with Quentin's easy, rollicking metaphor, but in Koby's defense, that's right about when the other man's moving away, climbing out of the tub in all his cautious, carefully cleaned glory. And while he'd been beautiful before, even bloodied and grimy, Koby is genuinely struck quiet in awe by the sight of Quentin fresh from the bath, broad shoulders and a sailor's physique, the gleaming ripple of sinew and skin. He just stares for a moment, eyes dragging slowly over every single inch of Quentin, still sitting on his heels in the cooling water. Subconsciously, Koby pulls that full lower lip into his mouth, bites down hard, shoulders shivering on a breath. He looks about two seconds from lunging out of the tub and consuming Quentin.

But then his gaze catches the bruise and he's himself again, rising from the water and letting it drain as he takes the offered hand, brow knitting in concern.
] Towel, first. And medicine. I promise it's nothing dangerous, I've taken it for headaches since I got here. [The former -- fluffy and thick and freshly-laundered -- Koby grabs from a teetering stack, then presses into Quentin's hands, back to his fussy, busy self. Then he stands on tiptoe to run a smaller hand towel over Quentin's braided hair, squeezing the water out.] Dry off, let me get it. Okay?

[Leaving the towel draped over Quentin's head, Koby grabs one for himself, simultaneously drying off, running water into a glass, pulling open the cupboard to one side of the tub. It's crammed full of things -- medicine and bandages and packaged food and extra paper and pens and stacks of notes that don't fit in the bedroom. Koby's been fortunate that his suitemate hasn't complained about him taking up space in the bathroom as well. He wraps the towel around his body, tucking it in so it stays put around his waist, then grabs a bottle of some painkiller that had been recommended by the staff.] Not too many, I don't trust it that much, but like I said, it's helped before -- but we should still wrap it up, especially after -- after moving so much, but -- you need to rest first, that's the most important thing, we can always wrap it tomorrow before -- I mean, i-if you want to stay until tomorrow, but if you don't, that's fine too, but --

[He'll keep going until he's stopped, Quentin, sorry. He'd put aside caretaking in favor of the intoxicating tangle they'd made in the water, but now he's making up for lost time.]
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-17 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
A sailor never gets seasick - or certainly never admits it when he does.

[ and here they are - the fussing part of this song and dance he knew would come based on earlier - that the warm, hazy thing they'd experienced would fall the moment they left the tub waters. he stands ready and waiting, even as koby's eyes roam his body. it's very flattering, and to say he isn't doing the same when the other man climbs out would be an utter lie.

but he takes the towel, idly drying off but making a surprised noise when koby wrings out the water in his braid. in the air of tomfoolery he leaves the towel atop his head, continuing to dry himself with the large, fluffy towel. it's warm, which is intriguing - like a towel warmed by a fire or stove. he doesn't know what magic it is, but he's pleased all the same.

the cupboard above the sink has him looking up at it, stepping up a little closer to koby, disappointed that he's wrapped the towel around himself. ah, well, it's all simple to remove later. he reaches for the bottle of painkillers, turning them over in his palm, curious. his world has some tablets and tinctures made up by magicians, apothecaries, but nothing that looks like this.

not that he has time to worry over it - koby prattles on and on again and with a sigh he tilts his head back, letting the towel fall to the floor, dropping the large fluffy one he'd been handed, and he bends, reaching to sweep koby off his feet, one arm cradled at his back, the other under his knees. there's light in his eyes, even if there's strain in his body. ]


Rest is for the dead, Commander. So, shall you navigate to our good vessel or shall I tread in unknown waters and hope for the best?

[ he's close, close enough to kiss koby again but this time? he doesn't. he simply smiles just out of reach, and starts moving for the door. ]
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[personal profile] kobes 2024-07-18 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[The rambling could've conceivably continued forever, because when Koby gets going, he tends to just -- go and go. It's excitement and nerves and eagerness all tangling together with genuine worry for Quentin's condition, it's his need to take care of people warring with his desire to get back between the sheets as soon as possible and that's...new for him. Normally the former always wins out. But he's standing there wrapped in a towel and still warm from the bath and he's rummaging through the cupboards and watching Quentin out of the corner of his eyes and his entire body is thrumming with want. And Koby's always been so, so good at denying himself what he wants.

But then -- there are arms around him, scooping him right off his feet, and Koby makes an undignified squawking gasp and freezes, eyes very wide as he tries to register what's happened. He's being held, cradled against Quentin's still-damp chest, like he weighs nothing, like it's the easiest thing in the world. For years, he's hated being small, being perceived as weak or powerless, but this is -- different. This is very, very different.

Blinking a couple times, Koby slowly looks upwards with those huge, wondering eyes, taking in the drops of water coursing down Quentin's neck, dripping from the loose curls escaping his braid, tickling as they slip down his chest and onto Koby's still-warmed body. He swallows hard, audible, and forgets entirely what he was talking about, forgets about everything but the heat where his bare skin meets Quentin's, but the throbbing pulse of yes, yes, yes that shoots right down his spine and pools between his legs. There's still an ache, a slight tenderness there, but Quentin's arms around him are rapidly fanning that into a hungry emptiness that demands to be filled. Fast.

Slowly, Koby drags his tongue over his lips, takes a shaky breath.
] You can -- knock over anything you want. It doesn't matter. [His voice comes out low, husky, and he reaches out, stopping a coursing drop of water as it leaves the hollow of Quentin's throat, pressing his fingertips there instead.] I'll fix it later. [Fingers, then palm, smoothing slowly over the curve of collarbone and shoulder and pectoral, those eyes dark and unflinching.] Just -- take me to bed. Please.

[Interrupting the fretting spiral: a resounding success, Q.]
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[personal profile] longitudinal 2024-07-18 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ quentin won't deny the heady victory he feels when koby goes speechless, sputtering and stammering with those wide, bright eyes and worried lips. it's impossible not to notice the way he licks at his lip, the way he frets over the droplets of water on his skin. but the fingers make fire bloom beneath them, make his own want that much stronger, his need desperate and great. ]

Your wish is my command.

[ he teases, though even his own voice has gone ragged with want, and carefully, he carries koby back into the bedroom. he's nimble, despite his injuries, ignoring the twinge in his chest to twist and turn over piles, nary touching a one as he approaches the unkempt bed. he kneels up on the edge, holding koby still, so that when he sets the man down it's in the center of the plush mattress. he's careful, gingerly placing him, but he doesn't stay away for long. in fact, he walks up on his knees, straddling koby's hips with his thighs and leaning down to bring their chests flush and heavy, kissing him with a desperate intensity, tasting him on his tongue and remembering the way swollen, bitten lips feel against his own. ]

Is this to your liking, Commander?

[ there's an easy wag of his brows, head tilting to bite at koby's neck, letting his tongue explore the bath-warmed skin, rediscovering marks he left there but moments earlier. ]

Let me thank you for the bath. Please. [ spoken against his clavicle, then the hollow of his throat. ] I would very much like to show my gratitude.

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