Like Essek hadn’t broken whatever rules and kissed him, soft and sweet and unburdened by aphrodisiacs. He had no excuse but for fear and worry, a deep love and weakness. He had crossed a line, and they both knew it, and yet-
Stay. Whispered like the fragile request it was. He felt those fingers at his elbow, gentle in their touch and yet the fingers weren’t necessarily soft; they were the fingers of someone born with fire in their veins, who had suffered. Someone well-traveled and well-read.
Stay. And Essek nodded slowly. Because he would stay here, because they bad stayed during the Mares. He could trance and Caleb would sleep and it…it would be fine.
“I have no intention of letting anything get the better of me.” Except you, Caleb. He taped down the end of the bandage, picking up the scissors and cut the edge. He was done, and those violet eye stared into Caleb’s. “Are you worried for me?”
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Like Essek hadn’t broken whatever rules and kissed him, soft and sweet and unburdened by aphrodisiacs. He had no excuse but for fear and worry, a deep love and weakness. He had crossed a line, and they both knew it, and yet-
Stay. Whispered like the fragile request it was. He felt those fingers at his elbow, gentle in their touch and yet the fingers weren’t necessarily soft; they were the fingers of someone born with fire in their veins, who had suffered. Someone well-traveled and well-read.
Stay. And Essek nodded slowly. Because he would stay here, because they bad stayed during the Mares. He could trance and Caleb would sleep and it…it would be fine.
“I have no intention of letting anything get the better of me.” Except you, Caleb. He taped down the end of the bandage, picking up the scissors and cut the edge. He was done, and those violet eye stared into Caleb’s. “Are you worried for me?”