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Alhaitham ([personal profile] indispensable) wrote in [community profile] escordvi2024-02-11 10:17 pm
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[closed] 🌱🏛️ quiz, vol. 01

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.

empyrean_mirror: (34)

the gay...the gay is happening.

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-11 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He didn't, but he also knows it's important to present Alhaitham with choices or he starts to get cranky. So he just hums and nods, and takes a couple of his hairclips out of his hair, stepping forward to brush Alhaitham's bangs back and out of his face.]

...This is starting to get long. We'll need to trim it later.

[Kaveh remarks it almost to himself--his own hair is honestly much more in need of a trim after four months--but he'll take the cloth he's been brought and set to gently washing off the kohl Alhaitham is already wearing.]
empyrean_mirror: (62)

the gay we've fought for...

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-11 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a lot of murmuring and tittering from the gathered crowd, as Kaveh gently washes Alhaitham's face clean and then uses the dry side of the cloth to clean away the dampness before picking up the selected palette.]

...I'm showing off a bit to make our point, so bear with it.

[After all, the demand was to prove their skill, and Kaveh never backs down from a challenge. Still, he won't go too wild, knowing Alhaitham's preferences, selecting a deep dark green to line his eyes with a bright splash of teal under that sharp winged eyeliner...perhaps just a bit of jade over the tops of the lids.

His hands are steady as always, and so gentle, even as he rests one hand on Alhaitham's jaw to turn his head just so, when he needs to. It's rather nostalgic, honestly.]
empyrean_mirror: (19)

the gay eternal

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-11 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[The murmuring has upgraded to outright cooing now, as kaveh finishes one eyelid and moves on to the other one. some naughtilust employees have rushed off to gather couples toys to try and make some targeted sales pitches when this is finished. Kaveh can dimly hear them, of course, but he's ignoring this to get the job done, leaning forward a bit to get a better look and make sure the wings are even. Which they are. He does look critically at the palettes for a moment.]

...It'd be better if I had some gold to accent that, but so it goes. I'm done.

[He's turned to stare down the original culprit. Surely, this is enough to prove the point?]
empyrean_mirror: (20)

gay paradise

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-11 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kaveh purses his lips and his eyes narrow, anger clear in his shoulders, but he turns on his heel and picks up the other palettes. Fine then.]

I'll make this quick, then. Bear with me.
empyrean_mirror: (14)

the gayest bird in all the stars

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-11 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kaveh isn't going to waste time on this, but even so, his touch remains gentle when he tips Alhaitham's face up. There's no need to complicate this--frankly, Alhaitham's face is perfectly proportioned anyway, and he dislikes having to do much that would cover that. So instead he accentuates what's there, highlighting that annoyingly perfect bone structure with careful emphasis on the light and shadow.

...it's very unfair for the man to be so devastating.]

empyrean_mirror: (15)

they're...holding hands....

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-11 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

[Kaveh does pause then, still staring down at Alhaitham. He'd said he was done, but...something seems off. There's that glimmer in his gaze, of a man looking down at his canvas while he things. He reaches over to a soft, non-flavored lip gloss, which just a bit of shine, and gently rubs that thumb over Alhaitham's bottom lip.

The entire audience sucks in a gasp, but Kaveh ignores it to nod to himself.]


There. Are you quite satisfied yet?

[He's already turned to level a glare at this particular bandit.]
empyrean_mirror: (68)

eagle holding that entire ass bird of paradise in it's talons

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-12 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
You're stalling.

[Kaveh's tone has a distinct edge to it, and his shoulders have raised with his irritation. All this and they're still going to have to come to blows? Because it's not as though he can imagine Alhaitham will actually agree to it.]

empyrean_mirror: (65)

like leetol hamburger....

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-12 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Ah--?

[Well, it's too late for him to protest now, although he does get in a mild argument about taking off his shirt, finally something he acquiesces too when several employees offer to 'help' with the process if he doesn't want to. It does take a moment to remove the cape and unbuckle the straps on his sleeves, but then Kaveh elects to pull himself out of the sleeves and let his shirt pool around his waist, where it tucks into his sash. Otherwise, he has to practically strip naked, and he will NOT be doing that on the Naughtilust, thank you.

He sits backwards on the chair, leaning on the back of it to keep his back exposed, and the tension and anxiety of this situation is visible in his spine. Alhaitham has a hard job to do here.

And, for the first time, can probably see that tattoo Kaveh has so staunchly hidden, the curve of the dendro symbol peeking out over the top of that sash.

...he's not gonna live this down, is he?]
empyrean_mirror: (21)

carry him gently...

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-12 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Easy for you to say, you got to keep your shirt on...

[Despite Kaveh's mutinous grumbles and how he initially tenses from the feeling of hands on him, he does try to relax, leaning his head on top of his arms where they lay on the back of the chair. He's...a little glad he doesn't have to look Alhaitham in the eye for this.

Kaveh carries tension in his body like some people carry their wallets. His shoulders are downright stiff with it. Honestly, the massage might do him some good.]
empyrean_mirror: (69)

uwehhh

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-12 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Kaveh snorts at that question, even as he lets his eyes flutter closed.]

That'll be more for the benefit of the crowd than me, since you're standing behind me?

[But he goes quiet after that. Not maybe entirely silent, little huffs and hisses as Alhaitham works through the more difficult spots, but he has no snarky commentary, nothing he can say or do but trust himself under Alhaitham's warm, broad hands.

...It feels pretty good, honestly. He could almost doze off like this.]

empyrean_mirror: (22)

puts on the saxophone music

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-12 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Mnnph....gentle, now.

[Kaveh's voice is low as he chides Alhaitham, but there's no heat in it, and he looks back over his shoulder, one closed eye opening just enough for a peak of crimson through his eyelashes. The backrub is proving quite effective in relaxing him, so he doesn't feel the need to fluster at this proximity, but every other soul in this room has gone dead silent watching.]
empyrean_mirror: (53)

🎷

[personal profile] empyrean_mirror 2024-02-12 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
You've gotten a lot bigger, you know.

[Kaveh murmurs it, eyes already falling shut again. He should definitely be embarrassed by this, but it's been so long since he let himself feel comfortable, and even longer since his body didn't carry so much tension he'd grown used to it. He can hardly resist that relief now.

...He really might doze off here.]

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just like alhaitham

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