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escordvi2024-01-04 08:34 pm
afflatusexarch) wrote in escordvi2024-01-04 08:34 pm
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[ Closed ] If you like, I will tell you a tale.
Who: G'raha + You!
Status: Closed Threads - hit me up and I will do a thing
Where: Various
What: MANTA quests or whatever
Warnings: TBA for now?
Status: Closed Threads - hit me up and I will do a thing
Where: Various
What: MANTA quests or whatever
Warnings: TBA for now?
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Seeing that brow quirk and the smile form on Zack's features makes him fluster again. This time his cheeks do feel warm as they color all the more. ]
I-it doesn't have to quite be like that, I suppose. Th-there are many different shapes and forms that such a thing might take -
[ He is going to ramble. Intends to, actually, just to take some of the pressure off. Not necessarily to backpedal or take back what he has said. But to make the air between them comfortable, since Zack seems to say that it is a "pretty big ask." And G'raha certainly doesn't want to push too much or ask more of Zack than what he wishes to give or agree to. And he does mean it! They just don't have to do it all themselves!
The, uh... Romantic overtones might be there, yes. But it doesn't have to be dependent upon that! Raha is about to explain about how such feelings have many different words with different meanings - all academic of course - when Zack takes his cheek in return and just halts all thought processes. ]
I... Well. I won't take it back, but I... If it really is too much to ask of you, Zack, when you've not had that sort of support before...
[ Raha removes his hand from Zack's cheek. Places it on top of Zack's hand against Raha's face. Leans into the touch. ]
You simply deserve happiness, 'tis all. Happiness and those around you that seek to ease your burdens as readily as you are to alleviate theirs. I would like to be that for you.
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[He can't help teasing now, his eyes opening again to watch G'raha's expression. Everything they're saying to each other makes a lot of sense. Being partners, watching out for each other, being there for each other, supporting each other. All of that makes sense. He wants that, even if there's a margin of wonder in Zack's chest about how the future might be for them.
But he still kind of likes hearing G'raha ramble on with his explanations, trying to cover up what he means or explain it to Zack so he won't tease. Zack likes to hear it as it makes him let out a small amused chuckle.
On a more on-topic answer, Zack feels his heart shifting again when G'raha just so easily leans into his touch.]
I don't know how I can say no to that when I want those same things for you. You're incredible, Raha. I can tell you wear that bleeding heart of yours on your sleeve. I just want to see you happy. Without regretting things.
He brings his nose close again. This time offering G'raha a slow chaste kiss. But taking it all the same.]
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Yet it hadn't been like this. Talking to Zack is easy. Natural. Hearing his voice makes Raha smile effortlessly - and they do check in with one another often enough. Seeing the messages. Hearing his tales. Witnessing those moments of vulnerability... They make Raha feel full in his heart. He hadn't even realized that there had been a void there until he had started to be around Zack and take in everything that the man has been offering.
Zack often asks how he had gotten so lucky, but Raha feels like he is the one that has struck gold here. It is he that is fortunate, no matter what the future might hold. To be thought so highly of and regarded. To have someone furious on his behalf and doesn't allow for Raha to just get away with dismissing himself. They want the same things for one another. Perhaps with one another?
Really this man has no room to call Raha a bleeding heart. Not when he says things like that. Not when it is followed up with the sweetest of kisses. A chaste kiss is returned, Raha's tail seeking out what it can wrap around of Zack's body - hip, thigh. Whatever. ]
I've admired heroes since my childhood, Zack. Then I looked at adventurers and longed for their life and their ability to do what they thought was right. My friend is the champion of our star and I was inspired by him for near a hundred years.
[ He tilts his head a bit more. Presses a kiss into a palm. A wrist. Then he looks at Zack's eyes. They remind him of the aetherial sea, in a way. Or perhaps the sea of stars itself. ]
Yet when we speak, my heart jumps. When you leapt to my defense but moments ago, it took my breath away. Looking at your smile chases any fears and concerns that I may have away. I speak many languages and know how to translate others and yet all of those words pale in comparison to how I might describe how I feel.
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In the face of all of that, Zack feels like he wants to be better. Be worthy of that. He really can't help but feel lucky to have G'raha return his attraction and affection. What started off as a harmless flirtation turned into a date under glowing trees and now he really doesn't want to let go.
Even the action of the fur of G'raha's tail brushing up against him makes him smile. Makes him want to just scoop G'raha up in his arms tight.
He just hopes he doesn't mess this up. Not now that he feels like wants to keep this. How much he's falling head over heels for this redhead.]
I could say the same things about you, Raha. I swear, you're wrapping me around you finger more and more every day. The more I learn about you the more I can't get enough.
[He grins.]
And to be honest, I'm hoping my hero stories are even half of what you've been admiring. That would be enough for me.
[Zack is a hero in his own right. A forgotten one. But a hero.]
So that's it then. We're partners. [He looks down at G'raha's injured torso.] And you're staying here to rest.
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The smile upon Zack's face is infectious, really. Raha can't help but return it, though his own is soft. What had started out as a flirtation and a single date - G'raha just entertaining the notion and believing that the other will just sate his curiosity before moving on - has become so, so much more. Then again, that might have been clear to him the moment that they had embraced on that same evening.
Head over heels indeed. ]
The more you tell me and what I discover only draws me in further. In this, I would say we both equally wind ourselves around fingers. Though the stories are only a portion of what I have been admiring.
[ Meaning that it is also largely just Zack himself. His cheerfulness and mannerisms. How much protecting others means to him. That need to do the right thing and the pain that knowing it's not always so black and white.
"Partners" it is, then. Raha is sure that his heart stutters at the confirmation. Something swells within and threatens to take his breath away -
And then Zack says that. That he is going to stay here and rest. ]
I suppose it is pointless to argue with you now, hmm?
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Once we're done here and you're back on your feet, we'll talk more.
[More about stories and everything else.]
For now, I've got a corsair to interrogate for the two of us.
🎀
There's a sigh. He leans towards Zack to give him a peck on the lips. ]
All right. Do not stay out there for too long or I will get back on my feet.