[ It is selfish, Byerly says, and Bastien registers his protest by opening his mouth and biting his hand, in a smushed and ineffectual way. But he doesn't argue, this time, because he's busy smiling and nodding (also in a smushed way). ]
Duets.
[ Like it's a filthy proposition.
It kind of is.
But any risk of his comfortable warmth turning back into heat is promptly stamped out by Whiskey heaving a heavy sigh. It cannot actually be the long-suffering sigh of a teenaged daughter tired of listening to her parents flirt and praying to the Maker they don't start making out while she's in the room, because she can't understand them and is also asleep. But it's close enough.
The look Bastien tries to shoot down her way is affectionate, not annoyed. ]
Your dreams must be getting bigger, [ he says, less flirty, ] if you need a pamphleteer now.
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Date: 2023-01-28 03:02 am (UTC)Duets.
[ Like it's a filthy proposition.
It kind of is.
But any risk of his comfortable warmth turning back into heat is promptly stamped out by Whiskey heaving a heavy sigh. It cannot actually be the long-suffering sigh of a teenaged daughter tired of listening to her parents flirt and praying to the Maker they don't start making out while she's in the room, because she can't understand them and is also asleep. But it's close enough.
The look Bastien tries to shoot down her way is affectionate, not annoyed. ]
Your dreams must be getting bigger, [ he says, less flirty, ] if you need a pamphleteer now.