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∂σяιαη ρανυѕ ([personal profile] footsies) wrote2014-12-21 04:04 pm

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[ He decidedly does not comment on Varric's dumbass little grin, the insinuation of have fun, but not too much fun as he hands the little container over. There are all sorts of jokes he clearly wants to make but Dorian casts him a baleful look and says If it's all the same to you, I'll thank you to keep whatever witty comments you have to yourself. Varric does, but it's only just barely, evident in the tilt of his mouth.

Honestly.

He holds onto it at first - they don't have much time directly in the aftermath of Adamant; his skin still crawls when he thinks about it, when he smells the harsh tang of ozone, or sees the green flicker of the open rifts. There's this sick little twist in his gut that he can't quite get rid of every time and he feels only marginally better when he sees it reflected in the Inquisitor's face. It's not just him.

Eventually, though, they make their way back to Skyhold, a little battered, a little bruised, and if he sees the Inquisitor take a left instead of a right, heading for Solas' section of the keep, well, he doesn't say a thing.

He makes a pit stop at his own room, and washes off with what's likely the coldest water this side of the keep, but doesn't want to wait for a bath to heat. Instead, he makes himself presentable, washes the blood and gore out of what he can, and dresses in something less armor and buckles. The package secure in one hand, he heads for Bull's room, unsurprised it's unlocked. ]


Honestly, you savage.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-21 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it wasn't that he wasn't used to fear-- he was. he welcomed it, he took it by the horns, so to speak and conquered everything that came to him. but that-- that was some next level shit. he could prepare for a lot, steel himself against it, the idea of it, but that was doing something to him he couldn't shake off, settling deep into his bones like an old, unwelcome friend. typically, he'd round up a charger and have them beat the fear out of him-- not a bad idea, actually, now that he thinks about it. this was a brave new fucking world, but not everything had to change.

he hears dorian come before he enters the door, the familiar way he walks-- assertive and assured, each foot falling ahead of the other with purpose. it's strange, how comforting it is to know he's there, how perilous it seemed otherwise. like if they didn't make it out of the fade, if that had been it and he'd been swallowed up by that fear demon son of a bitch and that was it.

really makes a guy realize his priorities. a battle of instinct versus need wasn't something he was totally interested in but considering the total fucking upheaval of his life thus far, it was about time. there was no going back. there was no undoing. and here, this is what mattered. these people mattered to him.

he looks up as the door opens and feels it melt away as much as it can. what matters is right now, not the what ifs. what matters is that he's here and they continue, that they survived something no one should and they emerged unscathed. the corner of his mouth tugs into a lazy smirk and he reaches out, an invitation. he wasn't as considerate, blood caked into his skin, his pants, the smell of that place still lingering around like bad perfume. he regrets not making himself move before, not cleaning up.
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I thought you were going to shit yourself in there.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-21 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the laugh comes easy and eyes him as he brushes past. fussy bitch. not that he'd have it any other way because it's true, many fall easy for him. they let him dictate what happened, let him decide, let him control and there wasn't much room for surprise. well fuck, you could argue he didn't leave room for surprise himself, the way he watched people, boiled them down to their basic elements and in some ways dorian is predictable, sure. he can practically hear his disgusted sighs halfway across skyhold when he makes lewd jokes. but-- he's different. he's quirky. he makes him laugh, makes him think, challenges him. he makes his stomach twist in a strange, interesting ways that he figured would be over by the time they actually fucked, but here they are, several of handfuls of encounters later and he's still ready, still so intrigued.

to please him, to listen to his funny little stories, to know his time was well spent.
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Yeah, yeah. I get it. I smell.

[ he eyes the packages he set and quirks a brow, pushes himself up and draws away, reaching just to lightly touch his waist but not even a glance as he unbuckles his shoulder armor and lets it drop, stepping out of his pants as they fall unceremoniously after. mildly, he calls as he disappears, the sound of water rushing following, ]

Are you coming or what?
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Act coy all you want, I know how it sounds when you beg.

[ he says flatly, reaching to duck his hand under the running water. it's cold, but he doesn't mind-- dorian will, though so he waits, plugging it once the water ran hot, steam rising. he shifts and slides into the tub with a pleased noise (a larger tub, to fit him he said when they arrived and left out the "with others" part), reaches to grab a little vial of something that bubbles up when it hits the running water.

he's really not about all this fancy crap, but you know. you make sacrifices when you want to fool around with someone. a very pampered someone.

(maybe he likes it just a little)

he sinks in and reaches again, like before.
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Join me, Kadan.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
She shouldn't have told me about it.

[ it's true. he hadn't pulled it off the shelf himself, but he had been curious (as he endlessly is when it comes to cassandra) and hey, it worked out for him. learn a little, live a little. it's funny, the way he's so careful, moving into the steaming, bubbling mess and it just feels right when dorian closes all the space between them. he doesn't resist anymore, showing dorian how he feels. there's no reason to hide it anyway. he has committed himself in some way to him now, bound himself to dorian and shows this by tilting to press a kiss to the back of his neck, his shoulder, a hand dropping to lay his palm flat against his stomach. ]

Won't be the last time that happens. Just usually ends messy. [ but yes. very curious. he smiles against his skin, continues mildly, ] You'll show me when you're ready.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
I've seen more than that.

[ he laughs, which-- okay, yeah. it was early on, he wanted to make sure he was ten steps ahead of everything, wanted things to report if he needed to and sure, he'd seen some things. things cassandra would have him publicly executed for, but the ben-hassrath weren't particularly interested in that so, lucky for all of them. ]

What, blood and gore isn't fun to you?

[ he lets him move and when dorian motions, he doesnt hesitate to lean forward, to sit pretty as dorian washes the fade off him. funny, how deeply intimate this felt to him and how dorian likely didn't realize that. it was one thing to share war and another to shed it off, to allow someone this and not just a distracting fuck. he resists the urge to touch him in return, allowing dorian to talk, as he does, just giving a low, amused noise in response. ]

You got me presents? Now, that's new for a 'vint.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ he can see something there-- something holding dorian back, not enough to be strange or maybe unusual but it's there. it's still that i got to know you but now i'm actually getting to know you phase, which is honestly pretty-- completely new for him. it seemed pretty standard, the rites and rituals that bound two together in the qun, almost military in the way it was brought out but he didnt realize it felt like this. whatever it was. if this was even that, anyway. and he knows enough to know it's not entirely about that, either. they had just endured something, bore the weight of the fade together, with their inquisitor. that doesn't just go away.

he reaches to brush his thumb over dorian's cheek, hoping to ease anything that might not feel right. to keep them connected. skin to skin, heart to heart or something like that. that's what his tama had told him at least, her hand on his chest. we are connected, you and i.
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Two whole presents? I'll strike down anyone who even tries.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ the corner of his mouth twitches upward and he cant help the low, rolling laugh at that. he had a way of reducing something down to it's most unattractive and bull couldn't get enough of it sometimes. it was just very-- honest. mostly wrong and steeped in strange and funny superstition and stereotype but ultimately honest. better than those wringing their hands while spouting desperate idealism at least. ]

No one does over the shoulder anymore. Bridal-style, that's what we do. Gets a little tiring to be kicked in the gut over and over.

[ he lifts his legs just slightly to draw dorian forward, closer, hands dipping beneath the water to cup his hips, fingers sliding around to the small of his back, ]

I can think of better ways to dominate you, anyway.

[ one hand draws up, just the tips of his fingers ghosting up dorian's spine, ]

Ways you would like. Romantic, even.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ he is, though. deathly attractive. bull has savored some nights alone thinking about just that, the way his back arches, the tilt of his hips-- more intimately after they actually started fooling around. an accomplishment he was proud of, honestly. he wasn't sure if it was some sort of strange rebellion of his own (not that he mind at all being used) or what but this-- is different now. less about tearing clothes off and fucking like there wasn't a tomorrow (to be fair, the threat was there) and now more about neatly dragging it over dorian's head to avoid hearing about tailoring costs for the next three missions and letting the man slide into his bed in the middle of the night if he needed it, listening to his stories, the different new things he'd found in the library.

sex was always present-- that was a language they both spoke fluently but he didn't mind it, the comfortable mesh of their worlds, learning about vints and dorian how he had not cared to before.
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Gifts? And flattery?

[ he makes a concerned noise, ]

I don't know now. Maybe you're going soft. I might have to adjust my plans.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ there it is. little shit. not that he can complain with dorian pavus, tevinter mage scooting around in his lap like that wasn't going to get him in trouble. sure, he could play it chaste if he wanted, draw it out, make dorian work for some reactions but why wait? plus, bull got a perverse pleasure out of deeply pleasing dorian. win/win, right? ]

Thanks.

[ it's flat, but amused and his smile widens, cracks into a low laugh at that comment. can't argue with that. so he moves, just enough to sit more upright, to pull dorian flush against him, leaving far too little space to be mistaken for anything than what it is. the hand at his hip slides, grasps one half of his ass, squeezes. this isn't going to make it go away, he wants to say then, to fix what happened. but he's happy that dorian chose to come to him, anyway. for relief, at least, for a small escape. they can face the destruction of the world as they know it later. ]

Is that what they're for? And here I thought it was all about the axe.

[ he starts, fingers finding the cleft of his ass now, thighs parting what little they can in the water to spread dorian just that much more. he presses firm, circles the pad of his middle finger against his hole, not entering yet, no. sometimes dorian prefers to take the reigns, to use bull to his needs and be done with it and sometimes-- sometimes it was more complicated. he needed the direction, for that to be lifted off his shoulders, one less decision to make, one less thing to think about. sometimes he just liked it, bull figures, being totally ravished, given no option but to grip the sheets and hold on for dear life. he had started to understand this about him, the fluid nature of his needs, what he wanted and how he presented that. not directly-- not often directly-- but the fun was figuring it out.

and so bull steels the free hand at his back there, between his shoulderblades as he teases him, lifts his hips, his growing erection trapped between them, murmurs in the small place between them.
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No more talking. I want you to take all of me after I prepare you. Understood?
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ if he was honest, he was a little fascinated by the way that worked. after spending maybe way too much time with cole, hearing him speak to dorian about the way magic felt, sounded, tasted-- it piqued him. what could he say. it had been browbeaten into him for some time that the solution was to contain them, completely. circles had nothing on what the qun did to those touched in this way. he could see it now, dorian with his hands bound and mouth stitched shut, left in a dark cell to rot lest he "infect" others, released only to employ chaos. but also revered, for his sacrifice. because it was a sacrifice to be so full of uncontrollable power, wasn't it? he didn't disagree, really. he saw what mages did. but dorian was not just a mage, he was not just touched he was-- dorian. a person. singular. and he, from everything he saw, was deeply in control. ]

You keep telling yourself that if it helps.

[ he gets hard quick under his hands and relents, finally pressing a finger to his entrance, fucking his way to just past the second knuckle. he's already warm and tight and god, his cock gives a small jump with anticipation. he didn't often have favorites, but dorian was something special. memorable. he starts a steady, quickening rhythm until he can work in another thick finger. ]

Speak then. Tell me what you feel.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-22 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it always feels like things click into place when dorian's mouth meets his. nothing so grand and flowery as fireworks or butterflies but things make sense. he likes the way dorian eases into it, how he manages to make bull lose his focus a little, too caught up in the promise of his mouth and hand. it draws a low, pleased noise out of him and it twists into something less approving when dorian speaks again. ]

It won't matter either way. I intend to fuck you until you can't speak, so I win, you win. Everyone wins.

[ which is definitely not at all intimidating with him soaking in a tub of bubbles, but you know. he crooks his fingers, just so, just as he's learned and presses as he tilts forward to steal another kiss, imploring and openly wanting. he'd honestly be content doing this all night, pleasing dorian in any way he could, milking every ounce of his orgasm out of him over and over, claiming it all for himself. quieter, he murmurs against his mouth, ]

I think about it all the time, you know. How good you feel. How you taste. How well you take my cock. [ dryly, ] For a vint.
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-23 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
Not one. But I have an imagination. I've thought about it.

[ he wants it to sound less-- lost. breathy, wanting. he watches dorian's mouth because he can't help it, lingers as long as he can, follows to bite his lips in punishment for drawing away, for speaking still. until he says that. his eyes dart up and he resists the suspicion, the need to analyze why it was said and if it was honest. there were some things that should be taken at face value and he knows that it's an effort for him and maybe him alone. it's interesting when other people manage to carve out a little of him, understand it-- see what he needs and offer it. ]

You say that like I wouldn't have heard it for days already if you didn't enjoy it. Weeks? It's been a while.

[ it's teasing, but soft. he's enamored and he accepts it, revels in the way his stomach twists pleasantly, though admittedly half of it is the skillful way dorian manages to stroke him while fucking himself on his hand. a man after his own heart, honestly. he withdraws his fingers then, leans back until his shoulders touch the tub which is just enough to focus on repositioning, his hands ducking beneath the water to urge dorian's hips up, imply it's time he position himself. use those hands wisely. he doesn't say anything, but it's there, the way he watches him, the insistent and firm press of his fingertips, the way his thighs nudge up to urge him forward. ]

Hold on.

[ as in the tub, the horns, him, something. ]
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[personal profile] watchword 2014-12-23 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ bull wades around the bathroom naked as the day he emerged and doesn't seem to give two shits about it. he's tired and comfortable, relaxed in only the way being absolutely spent can get you and he look he gives dorian when he says that is wry and guarded. he shouldn't have said that. ]

What, I don't get to see you hobble back to bed?

[ the distance between them closes and he doesn't ask before sweeping him up, as if it were nothing. it's careful too, he doesn't just bust back into the room and drop him, no. he minds his head as they move back into the room, he lays him out and even ducks the spare pillow under him as he knows he likes. pampered shit. when he disappears again, it's only to empty the tub, which makes less than flattering gurgling noises and to eye the state of his newer bruises and cuts in a jagged half-mirror which was broken when he got it, thanks. he liked it that way.

everything was moving along nicely. there was no longer the smell of smoke and something odd on him, the lingering notion that it stuck with him in some way, traded a piece of him for that. well. mostly, at least. he carefully unwinds the strap of his eyepatch and sets it aside, palming over the soreness of where his eye was. any time they rattle his head enough, it happens. phantom pain, he figures. wasn't like there was anything left to ache anyway. he returns and knowing it's annoying, knocks into dorian as he moves over him to stretch out on the length of bed beside him, looking just as smug and pleased with himself.

coyly, he palms his cheek and drags his fingertips over dorian's exposed knee,
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I like you like this. Undone. Ravished.

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