Who: Alhaitham & Kaveh
Status: Closed :]
Where: Everywhere (wherever the prompts take them)
What: A pair of roommates get very busy in the month of February
Warnings: The warning you need in seeing two men pine for each other so hard they grow an entire forest.
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escordvi2024-02-11 10:17 pm
it will pay off... soon
Lying on this comfortable bed with Kaveh warm and secure in his arms, it isn't hard at all for the day's events to catch up to him completely, and that combined with the emotional ride he'd had to go through earlier means he's definitely more than a little exhausted. He watches through bleary vision as Kaveh leans in ever closer to him, letting out a soft sound from the back of his throat as their foreheads touch against each other, eyes fluttering at the added contact.
Kaveh is warm. His senior is warm, and Alhaitham's own body thrums with the same kind of warmth as it floods his chest and the rest of his body, sweeping through him in a way that leaves pleasant tingles everywhere. Kaveh is warm and soft and nice like this and Alhaitham can't help but let a sleepy little smile come onto his face, basking in this wonderful feeling that is so much better than everything else he's had to feel today.]
NOW
He reaches up, gently brushing hand along Alhaitham's cheek and smoothing his hair back, out of his face...for a moment he doesn't move, but quickly Kaveh's heart seizes him and he leans just that little bit forward, to press a soft, sleepy kiss against that beautiful smile.
He can't help himself, not even a little.]
sleepy kiss.... uweh....
It's strange, really; strange, how even though this is far from the first kiss that they've shared this particular kiss, despite how gentle and soft it is, sends down a spark that's more intense than any other which he has felt since they've started this arrangement, all the way back in Sumeru not long after Kaveh had moved in. It reminds him, more than anything else, of the very first time where they'd kissed, back when they were still students, young and brash and still so certain of the world around them, without any of its complexities that they'd come to know later.
There is a simplicity in this, one that causes something in his chest to squeeze tight, and though Alhaitham doesn't understand what exactly is causing these feelings or why he is experiencing them at all, it doesn't stop him from returning the gesture in kind. Just as soft and just as equally sleepy, if not more, and Alhaitham doesn't know if this is an indication of Kaveh wanting more but he is more than willing to oblige, if that is what Kaveh wants. He has always wanted nothing more than to give Kaveh whatever he wants, so long as it means he can be happy.]
they still don't know...but they'll find out....
He's loved this man since they were students. Maybe it took losing him to understand what it really meant to love someone, to understand their pride was a poison and assumption the blade. It's not easy to let go of all that, and not easy to be brave about it.
Even so, Kaveh sighs a little, when he pulls away, only to burrow himself closer, face tucked against Alhaitham's neck and shoulder, one arm slung over his waist, tangling their legs together. They are far from Sumeru, and all they know, but here--right here. Burrowed into Alhaitham's warmth, he is finally home again.]
they'll know... soon... eventually...
He waits until Kaveh has settled, then moves to shift himself to accommodate the both of them better, hand coming to rest on Kaveh's head as he sleepily runs his fingers through those smooth, golden hairs, shimmering between his fingers like spun gold. He feels the way Kaveh's breathing slowly but surely deepens, evening out as exhaustion takes a hold of his senior and eventually pulls him down to sleep.
...it still feels sacred, the way he gets to be the one to hold Kaveh like this, to be the one who can feel Kaveh relax and fall asleep in his arms, to let go of all those masks that he likes to wear and let himself finally be at ease. It's a privilege Alhaitham never thought he'd be able to have, and the fact that the circumstances of their current situation is what allowed them to have this has not escaped him. There are many things about this world that still remain uncertain and serve to be a source of worry—but this, at the very least, is not one of them.
There are other things to consider still, but with Kaveh sound asleep in his arms its hard to resist the way his own exhaustion pulls at him. Alhaitham looks down to the top of his senior's head, thinking again of this warmth that he feels and the softness of the kiss they'd just shared—then leans down to bury his nose into Kaveh's hair, taking in that warm, comforting scent.]
Good night, Kaveh. [He murmurs, lips brushing right over his senior's forehead as he speaks.] Sweet dreams.
[And he holds Kaveh just like this, continuing to breathe him in, letting both his scent and his warmth wash over Alhaitham until he, too, eventually drifts off to sleep.
When morning comes and Kaveh wakes up first, as he usually does, he will do so and discover that Alhaitham will have continued to hold him throughout the entire night.]