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[personal profile] tablescraps 2023-10-03 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
( Barrett's slight weight, his presence, is a balm. And when he speaks with such confidence, Mithrun thinks - maybe he can start to believe things may change, in him.

This is bad. He's really distracted. But... )


... I guess there's still a chance for me to become stock.

( His answer resounds with a gentle, implied, Okay. What Barrett said to him in the hot springs feels like so long ago, but he hasn't forgotten, even through all his doubt.

He turns his head aside and up to look to Barrett's face, and he looses his grip at both the hilt and armor to reach up to take Barrett's face on either side - turning him proper to look him in the eye. )


... If DV, or CC Corp, or anyone else - if anyone puts you somewhere out of reach... I'll find you and bring you back. You need to be there, too, to tell me how I taste.
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[personal profile] tablescraps 2023-10-04 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
( Mithrun swallows, Barrett's hungry gaze reflected clear in his own black eye. His hands feel a little warmer against Barrett's skin, his fingers just near enough to the slight part of his lips; close enough to taste, close enough for - something else he doesn't know the shape of, yet, besides the way it leaves that heavy thump in his chest in its wake.

Barrett interrupts it with his lips, in a different way - not unwelcome; his fingers curl in against his cheek, his gaze softening - or, maybe, going a little bit hungrier. )


... All right.

( But he doesn't voice this feeling, yet, because he thinks that it's something adjacent to eating - its neighbor, but not its equal.

He takes up his blade as if nothing were amiss, the sensation of Barrett's lips still hot against his palm, and the tips of his ears, though it's so easy to miss through his hair, just a little bit warmer in shade. )