contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[bouchonne]

Oh. You're going to make me randy, doing that.

[ You can't just stroke your fingertips down someone's neck and not have it be a little amorous. ]

But it's an intriguing idea. I can tell you, as someone who's regularly menaced by a pirate, it's quite charming.

[cozen]

[ Bastien does it again more slowly, hooks his fingers into the collar of Byerly’s shirt for a light tug—all teasing. He’s convalescing. ]

When you put it like that, it sounds like it might distract some of us from our work.

[bouchonne]

Hm. In which case, Gideon will have won. Terrible.

[ A pinch to one of Bastien's love handles. Stop that. ]

[cozen]

The second-worst possible outcome, [ Bastien agrees through a little laugh from the pinch.

He stops, though, hand reaching around to take what’s left of Byerly’s drink away and set it on the floor so there’s nothing to spill when Bastien starts shifting and encouraging Byerly to lie against his chest, trying to make good on his pledge to hold everything but his feet. ]