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Byerly Vlad Rutyer ([personal profile] bouchonne) wrote2020-10-03 12:55 pm
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contact part deux

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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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bastien hisses and closes the gap between his fingers, offended by this horrible sight. ]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Although,

[ He peeks through his fingers again. ]

I do like those trousers almost as much as your naked thighs.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Unparalleled.

[ Coming closer, he uncovers his eyes so he can articulate with gestures alone a request for Byerly to stand up and give him a 360° turn. Let him see the shiny blue butt. ]
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bastien's hum of admiration bleeds directly into a small fit of laughter, but he turns, stays turned, and backs his ass up all the way into Byerly's chair. His now. ]

My taste is incredible.

[ He's reaching out to draw a little spiral on By's hip with his finger; he does not mean his taste in clothing. ]
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmhm, [ with a wide, crinkly smile, all buzzy warmth (and a spy's admiration) at having such a small detail noticed. ] I picked it up in Antiva. Maybe I'll share.

[ He tugs By onto his lap. ]

Are you alright?
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bastien hums. One arm around By's waist leaves his other hand free to give his chin a teasing, scolding little shake. ]

Maybe you would, but you are very unkind to yourself, so that cannot be the measure of what is reasonable.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Cynical deduction.

[ And Wysteria is somehow a tender spot. A burden on my soul, Byerly said once, and Alexandrie had fretted so much about her own attempts at going between them that she'd once stopped by Bastien's desk to warn him Byerly might be upset after they spoke. Bastien had believed they were getting along now. Still believes it. But— ]

You don't think she should know you better by now?
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bastien nods—acknowledgment of the problem, certainly not agreement that he's a scoundrel, except in the most affectionate sense, son cher coquin—and gathers one of By's hands, and interlaces their fingers. ]

She was wrong. And once she knew she was wrong, she should have—well, an apology might have been too much to ask for in the moment, when she is feeling so besieged, but she should been glad for you.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
You think she still isn't convinced?

[ A pause, followed by a huff. The frustrated kind. ]

I'm going to talk to her.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That's two lies.

[ There's a touch of amused teasing in his eyes, alongside the defiance, which is also tempered by the lean of his head into By's hand. He's not mad about it. Little lies, I'm fine, it's nothing, those don't really count. He does it too. ]

It does matter. You told her the truth—you would not have exposed something fragile to her like that if you did not care for her. And you are doing a good, hard thing, and the first time you say so where people can hear, you are chastised for it? That is bullshit.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
You have.

[ A blind yet very confident agreement. But the fact that Byerly isn't arguing that he isn't due any faith, only downplaying how much, makes Bastien settle down a bit, cinching his arm tighter and resting his cheek against By's shoulder. ]

Did you work out what was wrong, before? Or only stop talking about it?
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm—oh, in the bad way? [ asks one semi-secret goofball of the other, as the petting turns him into a pliant new chair-cushion under and around Byerly. ] And she was that upset?

[ On one hand, he can see it: a rifter, a young woman, her wild-to-Thedas ideas and enthusiasm. It must be an uphill battle to be taken seriously. On the other hand, she seems to be handling herself quite well with most everyone else. ]

I am glad she cares what you think, at least. Ten points in her favor.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Not something you can relate to at all, of course.
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[personal profile] cozen 2022-05-23 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bastien lifts his head and his hand to do an experimental tap-tap on Byerly’s forehead, gauging the thickness of the bone. Not that it matters: ]

Your armor is thick. That is not the same.

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