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Lucien Enjolras ([personal profile] untamedantinous) wrote2024-01-02 04:49 pm

closed: and i soar through a world that is new, that is free (post-dance)

Enjolras has been puttering about the mansion in the past few days since the wedding dance. Today, he has spent some time outside with Temeraire -- it's getting colder, and the warmth of Temeraire's pavilion has become quite a snug little place to read to him, when Galahad is not. He had moved onto some canne de combat practice after their customary few chapters a day, which had occupied him until just recently.

The winter is coming in faster, now, and Enjolras has never been one for the cold. Certainly the south of France is not as far south as many other places in the world, but he grew up accustomed to it being somewhat warmer there than it was in Paris. So now, he is curled up in front of a fire that is crackling merrily, sipping at some vin chaud as he leafs through a book of recipes. There is, indeed, a pile of books nearby -- both cookbooks and others, but right now he is looking for something easy to set his sights on for his next baking adventure.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Hast been a leader of men--they've seen thee give thyself to the pyre of their struggle, and know thou meanest to light their way." As though Lucien is a cat in truth, Laertes massages with his fingertips a little behind Lucien's ear.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Shall I scratch down to the base of thy tail, and see whether it makes thee arch thy back?" says Laertes mildly.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I could," Laertes replies as he scrubs soft, circling little scratches down between Lucien's shoulder blades. "And, if thou wish it, I may."
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Then Laertes keeps scratching down Lucien's spine with slow, methodical strokes, gathering him closer into the kiss with every inch his hand falls, until his fingertips are circling over the back seam of Lucien's trousers and he's breathing hotly into the kiss.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"I have, but mostly in the crafting of boats or jewelry," Laertes laughs. "I've lately been learning to work clay--wouldst have me shape thee thus?"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
"I love thee as I love sunlight, cher." Laertes leans into that touch. There is something he's been longing for, and felt too ridiculous to ask--but the earnest affection in Lucien's voice makes him brave. "I'd like very much to rub thy back, and to have thee touch me in kind," he says, and meets Lucien's eyes. In the firelight, his own look closer to brown-golden than to green, the lines around them soft with fondness. "Wouldst thou like that?"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's close the door--I'd not shame thee," says Laertes, stilling Lucien's hands with his own.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"That's another sign we can print," Laertes says, turning a laughing look on Lucien as he starts to undo his shirt-buttons one-handed. "'Do not enter.'"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I will happily carry all thy furniture to this room, and these chairs and couches to thy room, and thou canst have a fireplace hereafter," Laertes offers.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Never," says Laertes as he undoes the last cuff button. With both hands, he eases the shirt over Lucien's shoulders and then down over his arms. "Lie down on thy front. Canst pillow thy head on thine arms."
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Then Laertes moves in to straddle his thighs, settling his weight just beneath the swell of Lucien's backside. He leans in to sweep his hands over Lucien's shoulders--and then he notices an exit wound, shining differently from the skin around it. Unbidden, he reaches out to touch and circle it.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-01-04 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
The noise recalls Laertes to himself. He fans out his hands, fingers settling to either side of Lucien's spine, and digs them deep into the muscle as he strokes out along the lines of Lucien's ribs.

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