[ As Percy's hands come down on the side of the tub, Vax leans forward slightly, expression intent. Vax can spare a thought for how handsome Percy looks in the moment, damp hair sticking up, skin flushed from the water. But after a moment, when it's clear Percy isn't going to push himself up and out of the tub, Vax settles on a response. ]
I was thinking that the service here was lacking.
[ His ankle knocks against Percy's, too hard for it to be an accident. ]
Nothing to say, Percival?
[ Goading Percy into something ill-advised isn't anything new, but in the wake of everything, of death and dragons and what Vax still saw as a crucial missed opportunity, there's a certain deliberate edge to the provocation. Vax needs something to rattle the adrenaline out of his system. Arguing with Percy has been that outlet before. The softening of things between them might not quite extend to this. ]
Why must I always have something to say to you, Vax'ildan? Do you not appreciate my long stretches of silence?
[ goaded he is, but percy won't let it filter into rage, rather snaps back with a certain easiness as he slides his fingertips over porcelain, lets the waist-deep, warm water sound off and splash against the sides of the bath. vax'ildan is infuriating, absolutely ruinous in the way he dumps himself into each and every situation, making percy's hackles raise and his pulse hammer, hot in his throat like a forge. ]
Or would you prefer I fill your time with something more worth while?
[ vax'ildan is a rogue, for certain, but percival is still quick, moving in to pin him against his edge of the tub, arm bracketing his throat as he slides between his legs. the water upsets itself over the sides of the vessel and he doesn't quite kiss him, rather, mouths words over his lips. ]
You never say what it is you want. I would like for you to tell me what you want, Vax. [ without his spectacles, percy's eyes are a brilliant blue, nearly electric as he lets one hand trail downwards just a bit to clasp vax's knee beneath the water almost tenderly. ]
[ It isn't that Vax doesn't see Percy coming. He catches the motion and thinks briefly about evading it, but the tub isn't big enough for his usual tricks. And really, he doesn't necessarily want to dodge out from beneath Percy's grip. He came here for something specific. As Percy pins him to the porcelain, mouths over his lips, Vax's hips hitch upward on instinct as a shock of arousal lances through him. ]
Don't you know?
[ Vax's hands rake down Percy's back, seeking purchase but instead just scraping over soapy skin. He likes the muscles there, how they flex beneath his hands as Percy bears down on him. Beneath his weight, Vax squirms, giving the suggestion of escape even as his heel knocks encouragingly against Percy's calf. ]
I'd think you'd be able to come up with an accurate guess, Percival.
[ Even as he says this, Vax knows Percy isn't going to make this so easy for him. And that's just as well. Vax came here looking for a fight, looking to burn away adrenaline by losing to someone safely, and these days it's easy to say he's safe with Percy. His fingers dig into Percy's hips, trying to pull him downwards as he strains to get better contact with Percy's mouth. ]
[ more than a few. and half of them not quite ideas so much as they are fully-fledged desires that vax immediately conjures to mind with his fingers raking down his back so, dragging down to his hips, urging him closer. he keeps his grip on the edge of the tub firm, not allowing himself to be dragged down. instead, the hand on vax's knee brings his leg up just a bit more, to wrap around the shelf of his hip and to press them close. he won't be brought down so much as he'll bring vax towards him. ]
You came here looking for trouble, [ he says, nose brushing softly against his, eyes narrowed just a bit, edging on playful but wrought with arousal all the same as he presses vax further back against the bath. the hand on the edge slides up to grasp his hair, to wind it around his knuckles and to pull slowly to bare his neck. the motions are slow, barely stirring the water as he presses in close, makes it agonizingly take more time than it needs to.
because if there is one thing percy is, it's thorough. every fingertip has proper placement, ever slight adjustment in his hips is meant to stir him up a little more. ] And I suppose I'd best give it to you or you'll go looking for it elsewhere. And I can't have that.
[ when he kisses him, it's bruising and without a warning. ]
[ The sting of that kiss shocks it's way through Vax, goes straight to his gut. The way Percy touches him is like he's dug a fish hook into Vax's chest, like he yanks on it and sets Vax's entire body shuddering. He's at a disadvantage here: Percy's water-drenched skin is slick, and he's lifted Vax just off-balance enough that he can't get purchase, can't twist up the way he wants to. He feels like he's vibrating out of his skin as Percy slowly, contemplatively, considers whether or not he plans on being indulgent.
When their mouths meet, Vax bites him. Goading, provocative, as one hand clumsily scrapes for purchase against the side of the tub and the other scores four scratches down Percy's shoulderblade. It's accidental, though Vax wouldn't be believed if he'd protested. ]
Come on, [ Vax hisses. ] Don't be coy, Percival.
[ He lifts his foot to dig his heel into Percy's thigh, try to leverage himself closer than Percy's allowing for at the moment. Knowing he's going to get what he wants from this makes Vax insufferable, deliberately so. He knows Percy won't be rushed. They've been entangled long enough for Vax to understand how this will go, but it doesn't quell his impatience, or the urge to needle at Percy until he can't. ]
[ the bite earns him a short slap to the thigh, fingers digging in even harder than before, a nip of pain as he twists hair against his knuckles and demonstrates precisely what is going to happen here in the slowly cooling bath water. he lingers on the kiss, presses another against vax's mouth, teeth and tongue, open-mouthed and breathless, hungry. he lets this go on a few moments, tasting the warmth of him, contemplating just how he wants to gradually pick him apart until he's draped over the bath like a ragged, wet, dark thing, completely undone.
he squeezes a hand against his thigh and pulls from the kiss briefly. ]
I have no plans on being coy, nor do I plan on being delicate. I promise.
[ and fingers slip downwards into the water a moment, finding the warmth of his cock, circling it briefly before dipping lower and lower. ]
I will take you apart precisely how I want and you'll say nothing of it unless you'd like me to haul you out of this bath myself with nothing to show for it.
[ pressing with a knuckle against the sensitive spot before his entrance, thin, hot skin, and skimming only faintly there. he's bearing in shoulders to cage him close to the edge of the bath, thumb stroking along where he's fisting fingers in his hair still like a lead. ] Are we understood?
[ Vax feels the way his entire body stutters over that promise, adrenaline spiking at the knowledge that Percy's going to give him exactly what he wants. He swallows hard, fingers digging in hard to keep his purchase on Percy's shoulders as Percy touches him.
There's a particular way Percy handles anything: Vax, his guns, unknown relics. He touches as if cataloging, as if prying out the secrets of an items and how it fits together. As he touches Vax, it leaves him with the sense that Percy is learning him down to sinew and bone. Vax's entire body shocks at the sensation of Percy's fingers on his cock and then lower, intent broadcast and sealed with fingers clutched in Vax's damp hair. His mouth falls open, wind momentarily knocked out of him before he answers Percy with a slow, pleased grin. ]
When have you ever known me to be that well-behaved?
[ Though there is, as ever, a line that Vax will dance along without crossing. He wants what Percy is offering. Being unceremoniously dumped out of the tub is the last thing Vax wants when Percy is promising to excise every lingering regret and jitter of the battle they'd dragged themselves through this day.
This is how they remind each other that they are alive. Vax knows that, even as his nails scrape red lines across Percy's shoulder while he tries to lever himself back up to get at Percy's mouth. Inevitably, it means Percy's hand in his hair pulls taut, sending stinging pricks of pain sparking down Vax's spine, but it doesn't deter him. ]
[ and the feeling of vax's nails raking down his wet skin is heaven just as he says this, enough to get him to sigh pleasantly into vax's mouth as they kiss again. he lets vax pull as much as he wants, doesn't shift his hand to accommodate him, rather, forces him to work through the bite of having his hair pulled. ]
Which is why you've come to me, clearly.
[ for the discipline (not the case, but part of the act). as if percy has any of his own, as if all he has is pent up energy and thrumming muscles and the desire to take vax right now. but he waits, biting down on the warm swell of his lower lip, enough to bruise, enough to really hurt as he pins him to the bath and knees his thighs apart, loosens the hand in his hair to slowly trail down the lines of his torso, over skin, mottled and broken in places, scarred over and claimed by an entity far greater than they themselves could dream.
but that's enough. enough enough enough. no thoughts about what might be, what's looming in the distance.
instead he draws fingers up against vax's lips as he leans in close, thumbs the seam of his mouth now wet from the kiss. ]
[ Percy isn't wrong. Vax is here because Percy won't pull his punches and because Vax had wondered, just a little, if Percy was irritated enough with him to lean into that role that much harder. His hand in Vax's hair doesn't move and the prickling pull of it as Vax leans up has him shuddering but not faltering.
It's always worth it to kiss Percy. He comes away with a new bruise, tonguing the sore spot on his lip as Percy touches him, manhandles him satisfyingly. Vax's hands grab at his biceps, gripping as Percy's fingers smooth their way across his skin. Nothing can possibly be new to Percy, but the way he observes, detached, lights Vax up. The intimation of a claim, anchoring him here, Vax needs that very much.
He will never know how to ask for it. Maybe Percy knows that, divined it and learned how to give it to him. It wouldn't be a surprise. ]
I—
[ There's a comical moment where Vax's mouth opens to impart something likely sarcastic, then closes before Percy can proceed. Vax watches him for a moment, assessing, before making a decision and parting his lips, sliding down just a little in the bath in vague hopes of getting closer to some sort of friction.
Percy hasn't left him a lot of room. He's put himself between Vax's thighs, but there's nowhere to go, nothing to rut up against. Clever, and irritating. Par for the course with Percy, really. ]
[ soft, not an ounce demeaning more than it is gentle praise as he slides thumb and then forefinger into his mouth. he parts vax's lips and presses in closer just as he tries to slide down further. if vax wants friction, he'll hike him into his lap, one hand now slipping down beneath the water to grip the small of his back, to press him up against the heat of his cock, at attention and pressing against the cleft of his ass warmly. ]
Now what to do with you...
[ pressing down against his tongue, thumb grazing along his teeth, his other hand keeps vax steadily planted in his lap. his own cock is aching for some kind of release, to fuck into his warmth, to encounter the heat of his mouth (clever tongue that he has), to have him clutching the edges of the bath and begging until the water is chilled... but he takes his time. the long game is a favorite of percy's after all.
but undoing vax comes in as a close second. it may even be neck and neck at this point as he shifts fingers, middle and ring, into his mouth and commands. ]
[ Letting Percy have the upper hand is always a risky proposition. He has a gift for patience that drives Vax out of his mind under the best of circumstances. Even when he relents enough to haul Vax into his lap, it's with the promise of making him wait for something else.
But the end result is always—
There is something about being taken apart by Percy that destroys Vax every time. Percy's methodical about it. It isn't a surprise that by now Percy can look at Vax and know exactly which chords to pluck to shatter him apart. They've taught each other. They learned when their tumbles were far more vicious and far more likely to wound. Vax's teeth on Percy's knuckles are a pale echo of that, biting down even as his tongue laves at the callouses on Percy's fingers, sucking rather than sniping around the fingers Percy presses farther into his mouth.
He doesn't gag. Not yet, at least. That's not Percy's game at the moment.
He holds Percy's gaze as he thrusts up against the flat planes of Percy's belly. It's not much of anything, too slick from the water while Vax is held too close to manage much motion. His fingers dig in hard at the nape of Percy's neck as he groans, muffled and impatient. ]
[ the eagerness is made clear, and percy sighs a bit at the feeling of vax's tongue against his fingertips, grazes his teeth, presses down and back just a little more, feels the warmth and heat of his breath. leaning in, he kisses the corner of his mouth, murmurs softly into his skin there: ]
I do know why you came here, [ he says resolutely, with confidence painting his voice a brilliant color. his index finger slides out, thumb joining it and leaving a trail of saliva to catch along vax's lip. he's hardly debauched, they've only just begun and percy has every intention of making everyone aware that he's ruined vax'ildan for the evening. ] And I have every intention of giving it to you, but you'll have to work for it.
[ pulling back, he eyes vax up and down, thumb still pressed against his lip, fingers curling around to hold his jaw. he appraises him a moment, splayed over his hips trying to rut and find friction, of which he'll find none. the sight of his cock, arousal against his own belly, has him cocking a somewhat self-satisfied smile a bit before he reaches down with that hand and grabs it, squeezes at the base of it tightly, lets a finger stray to press beneath the base of it, against his taint and rub slowly. ] I know you're not the type to ask politely.
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I was thinking that the service here was lacking.
[ His ankle knocks against Percy's, too hard for it to be an accident. ]
Nothing to say, Percival?
[ Goading Percy into something ill-advised isn't anything new, but in the wake of everything, of death and dragons and what Vax still saw as a crucial missed opportunity, there's a certain deliberate edge to the provocation. Vax needs something to rattle the adrenaline out of his system. Arguing with Percy has been that outlet before. The softening of things between them might not quite extend to this. ]
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[ goaded he is, but percy won't let it filter into rage, rather snaps back with a certain easiness as he slides his fingertips over porcelain, lets the waist-deep, warm water sound off and splash against the sides of the bath. vax'ildan is infuriating, absolutely ruinous in the way he dumps himself into each and every situation, making percy's hackles raise and his pulse hammer, hot in his throat like a forge. ]
Or would you prefer I fill your time with something more worth while?
[ vax'ildan is a rogue, for certain, but percival is still quick, moving in to pin him against his edge of the tub, arm bracketing his throat as he slides between his legs. the water upsets itself over the sides of the vessel and he doesn't quite kiss him, rather, mouths words over his lips. ]
You never say what it is you want. I would like for you to tell me what you want, Vax. [ without his spectacles, percy's eyes are a brilliant blue, nearly electric as he lets one hand trail downwards just a bit to clasp vax's knee beneath the water almost tenderly. ]
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Don't you know?
[ Vax's hands rake down Percy's back, seeking purchase but instead just scraping over soapy skin. He likes the muscles there, how they flex beneath his hands as Percy bears down on him. Beneath his weight, Vax squirms, giving the suggestion of escape even as his heel knocks encouragingly against Percy's calf. ]
I'd think you'd be able to come up with an accurate guess, Percival.
[ Even as he says this, Vax knows Percy isn't going to make this so easy for him. And that's just as well. Vax came here looking for a fight, looking to burn away adrenaline by losing to someone safely, and these days it's easy to say he's safe with Percy. His fingers dig into Percy's hips, trying to pull him downwards as he strains to get better contact with Percy's mouth. ]
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[ more than a few. and half of them not quite ideas so much as they are fully-fledged desires that vax immediately conjures to mind with his fingers raking down his back so, dragging down to his hips, urging him closer. he keeps his grip on the edge of the tub firm, not allowing himself to be dragged down. instead, the hand on vax's knee brings his leg up just a bit more, to wrap around the shelf of his hip and to press them close. he won't be brought down so much as he'll bring vax towards him. ]
You came here looking for trouble, [ he says, nose brushing softly against his, eyes narrowed just a bit, edging on playful but wrought with arousal all the same as he presses vax further back against the bath. the hand on the edge slides up to grasp his hair, to wind it around his knuckles and to pull slowly to bare his neck. the motions are slow, barely stirring the water as he presses in close, makes it agonizingly take more time than it needs to.
because if there is one thing percy is, it's thorough. every fingertip has proper placement, ever slight adjustment in his hips is meant to stir him up a little more. ] And I suppose I'd best give it to you or you'll go looking for it elsewhere. And I can't have that.
[ when he kisses him, it's bruising and without a warning. ]
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When their mouths meet, Vax bites him. Goading, provocative, as one hand clumsily scrapes for purchase against the side of the tub and the other scores four scratches down Percy's shoulderblade. It's accidental, though Vax wouldn't be believed if he'd protested. ]
Come on, [ Vax hisses. ] Don't be coy, Percival.
[ He lifts his foot to dig his heel into Percy's thigh, try to leverage himself closer than Percy's allowing for at the moment. Knowing he's going to get what he wants from this makes Vax insufferable, deliberately so. He knows Percy won't be rushed. They've been entangled long enough for Vax to understand how this will go, but it doesn't quell his impatience, or the urge to needle at Percy until he can't. ]
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he squeezes a hand against his thigh and pulls from the kiss briefly. ]
I have no plans on being coy, nor do I plan on being delicate. I promise.
[ and fingers slip downwards into the water a moment, finding the warmth of his cock, circling it briefly before dipping lower and lower. ]
I will take you apart precisely how I want and you'll say nothing of it unless you'd like me to haul you out of this bath myself with nothing to show for it.
[ pressing with a knuckle against the sensitive spot before his entrance, thin, hot skin, and skimming only faintly there. he's bearing in shoulders to cage him close to the edge of the bath, thumb stroking along where he's fisting fingers in his hair still like a lead. ] Are we understood?
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There's a particular way Percy handles anything: Vax, his guns, unknown relics. He touches as if cataloging, as if prying out the secrets of an items and how it fits together. As he touches Vax, it leaves him with the sense that Percy is learning him down to sinew and bone. Vax's entire body shocks at the sensation of Percy's fingers on his cock and then lower, intent broadcast and sealed with fingers clutched in Vax's damp hair. His mouth falls open, wind momentarily knocked out of him before he answers Percy with a slow, pleased grin. ]
When have you ever known me to be that well-behaved?
[ Though there is, as ever, a line that Vax will dance along without crossing. He wants what Percy is offering. Being unceremoniously dumped out of the tub is the last thing Vax wants when Percy is promising to excise every lingering regret and jitter of the battle they'd dragged themselves through this day.
This is how they remind each other that they are alive. Vax knows that, even as his nails scrape red lines across Percy's shoulder while he tries to lever himself back up to get at Percy's mouth. Inevitably, it means Percy's hand in his hair pulls taut, sending stinging pricks of pain sparking down Vax's spine, but it doesn't deter him. ]
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[ and the feeling of vax's nails raking down his wet skin is heaven just as he says this, enough to get him to sigh pleasantly into vax's mouth as they kiss again. he lets vax pull as much as he wants, doesn't shift his hand to accommodate him, rather, forces him to work through the bite of having his hair pulled. ]
Which is why you've come to me, clearly.
[ for the discipline (not the case, but part of the act). as if percy has any of his own, as if all he has is pent up energy and thrumming muscles and the desire to take vax right now. but he waits, biting down on the warm swell of his lower lip, enough to bruise, enough to really hurt as he pins him to the bath and knees his thighs apart, loosens the hand in his hair to slowly trail down the lines of his torso, over skin, mottled and broken in places, scarred over and claimed by an entity far greater than they themselves could dream.
but that's enough. enough enough enough. no thoughts about what might be, what's looming in the distance.
instead he draws fingers up against vax's lips as he leans in close, thumbs the seam of his mouth now wet from the kiss. ]
Open up.
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It's always worth it to kiss Percy. He comes away with a new bruise, tonguing the sore spot on his lip as Percy touches him, manhandles him satisfyingly. Vax's hands grab at his biceps, gripping as Percy's fingers smooth their way across his skin. Nothing can possibly be new to Percy, but the way he observes, detached, lights Vax up. The intimation of a claim, anchoring him here, Vax needs that very much.
He will never know how to ask for it. Maybe Percy knows that, divined it and learned how to give it to him. It wouldn't be a surprise. ]
I—
[ There's a comical moment where Vax's mouth opens to impart something likely sarcastic, then closes before Percy can proceed. Vax watches him for a moment, assessing, before making a decision and parting his lips, sliding down just a little in the bath in vague hopes of getting closer to some sort of friction.
Percy hasn't left him a lot of room. He's put himself between Vax's thighs, but there's nowhere to go, nothing to rut up against. Clever, and irritating. Par for the course with Percy, really. ]
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[ soft, not an ounce demeaning more than it is gentle praise as he slides thumb and then forefinger into his mouth. he parts vax's lips and presses in closer just as he tries to slide down further. if vax wants friction, he'll hike him into his lap, one hand now slipping down beneath the water to grip the small of his back, to press him up against the heat of his cock, at attention and pressing against the cleft of his ass warmly. ]
Now what to do with you...
[ pressing down against his tongue, thumb grazing along his teeth, his other hand keeps vax steadily planted in his lap. his own cock is aching for some kind of release, to fuck into his warmth, to encounter the heat of his mouth (clever tongue that he has), to have him clutching the edges of the bath and begging until the water is chilled... but he takes his time. the long game is a favorite of percy's after all.
but undoing vax comes in as a close second. it may even be neck and neck at this point as he shifts fingers, middle and ring, into his mouth and commands. ]
Put your mouth to good use. Suck.
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But the end result is always—
There is something about being taken apart by Percy that destroys Vax every time. Percy's methodical about it. It isn't a surprise that by now Percy can look at Vax and know exactly which chords to pluck to shatter him apart. They've taught each other. They learned when their tumbles were far more vicious and far more likely to wound. Vax's teeth on Percy's knuckles are a pale echo of that, biting down even as his tongue laves at the callouses on Percy's fingers, sucking rather than sniping around the fingers Percy presses farther into his mouth.
He doesn't gag. Not yet, at least. That's not Percy's game at the moment.
He holds Percy's gaze as he thrusts up against the flat planes of Percy's belly. It's not much of anything, too slick from the water while Vax is held too close to manage much motion. His fingers dig in hard at the nape of Percy's neck as he groans, muffled and impatient. ]
smut but make it 8 months late
I do know why you came here, [ he says resolutely, with confidence painting his voice a brilliant color. his index finger slides out, thumb joining it and leaving a trail of saliva to catch along vax's lip. he's hardly debauched, they've only just begun and percy has every intention of making everyone aware that he's ruined vax'ildan for the evening. ] And I have every intention of giving it to you, but you'll have to work for it.
[ pulling back, he eyes vax up and down, thumb still pressed against his lip, fingers curling around to hold his jaw. he appraises him a moment, splayed over his hips trying to rut and find friction, of which he'll find none. the sight of his cock, arousal against his own belly, has him cocking a somewhat self-satisfied smile a bit before he reaches down with that hand and grabs it, squeezes at the base of it tightly, lets a finger stray to press beneath the base of it, against his taint and rub slowly. ] I know you're not the type to ask politely.