DORIAN.

❛❛  i  know  a  NON  INSIGNIFICANT  number  of  people  who  might  disagree  with  that  assessment  .  i  could  even  give  you  names  ,  if  you  like  .  ❜❜  he’s  only  jesting  about  taking  off  his  clothes  ——  MOSTLY  ,  anyway  ——  but  his  amusement  at  krem’s  reaction  is  etched  in  the  lines  of  his  eyes  ,  the  tilt  of  his  lips  .  ❛❛  but  as  you  wish  .  clothes  will  stay  on  ,  until  such  a  time  as  you  request  otherwise  .  ❜❜  he  could  mention  ,  too  ,  how  evident  it  is  to  him  how  KREM  feels  .  the  way  his  face  flushes  red  ,  the  way  he  fumbles  with  words  ,  only  serves  to  remind  dorian  how  very  young  krem  is  .  he  suspects  whatever  experience  he  has  in  this  regard  —  with  men  or  women  ——  is  rather  limited  .  

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❛❛  and  sit  down  .  please  .  it’s  not  comfortable  for  either  of  us  to  have  you  hovering  .  ❜❜  idle  fingers  drum  against  the  arm  of  the  settee  .  he  could  debate  circles  around  the  magisterium  ,  but  this  is  uncharted  territory  .  and  he  knows  ,  with  a  crippling  certainty  ,  that  if  he  ever  did  anything  to  hurt  krem  ,  even  ——  or  ,  perhaps  ,  especially  ——  EMOTIONALLY  ,  bull  would  see  him  bound  and  gagged  for  it  ,  and  not  in  a  fun  way  .  ❛❛  what  is  it  that  you  want  ?  because  it  seems  to  me  that  you  want  something  ,  and  rather  than  making  assumptions  ,  i’d  prefer  to  hear  it  from  you  firsthand  .  ❜❜  /  cont’d  from  here  for  @chargerled  !

there’s a long moment where krem just sort of– sputters, unable to get a full sentence out. eventually, he manages ❛ i’m not hovering ❜ even as he sinks onto the nearest available surface. maker, he’s been dreading this conversation. despite it being a long time coming, he has no fucking clue what to ACTUALLY say now that he has dorian across from him, asking these sorts of questions.

❛ i hadn’t really– allowed myself to think about it. ❜ because it would only hurt worse to imagine it, he doesn’t say. because if i thought about it, if i let myself imagine, i might reach out and try to touch what isn’t mine.

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krem rubs a hand across his face and sighs, then laughs slightly, more a dryly amused breath than anything. ❛ what do I want?? right now i want you to let me down easy so i can go kick the shit out of some of your guards on the training floor. ❜

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⸢ k ⸥ second in command﹝IC﹞  looksdashing  HERE HAVE SOME EMOTIONS BEFORE BED  

S.MADE BY SAE.