Despite himself, Fenris feels a smile flicker to life as teeth catch his thumb. He can't remember having something like this, an unexpectedly casual intimacy. Maybe on Seheron, briefly. The smile fades as he thinks of what happened there. How long before he brings ruin here, too? One way or another.
"Yes," he deadpans. "I am infatuated with your flowery eloquence." He rolls his eyes but being able to tease brings that smile back, small as it is. He moves his thumb, brushing against Astarion's lip or his chin, whatever he can touch.
"Speaking of, I think I'm bleeding," he says almost absently as he lifts his other arm to look down at the bandaged wound on his side. This whole exercise raised his blood pressure and had him moving more than he has in days, maybe it was inevitable that they'd agitate some of his wounds.
His preening is instinctive. He fits his mouth along the side of Fenris' thumb, giving chase as it trails the way animals fixate on minute little focal points, though it doesn't detract from the honeyed hang of his own words.
"I knew it. Deadly and dashing and— wait, what?"
He presses past Fenris' hand, blinking as he moves to peer at the still-wound bandaging which—
"Shit."
All breath. All frustration as he sits up, already reaching for the kit tucked away within the nightstand, shoulders hunched sharply forward. It's a sidelong motion that beckons Fenris nearer, made with his fingers wrapped around a pot of ointment, gauze tucked between his teeth— already moving to pull the soiled bandage away from Fenris' side.
"Let's hope I didn't just set you back two weeks for the benefit of a blowjob."
Fenris can't help a quiet huff of amusement as Astarion curses and grabs for the kit he's been using all this time. He obediently moves closer, more careful than he has been since he was goaded into sitting up earlier.
"Mm, if you did, it might have been worth it," he says mildly, watching as the bloodied bandages are pulled away. The wound hasn't opened badly, at least. Seeping rather than freely bleeding. His gaze flicks up to Astarion's face.
"Does this mean you don't want to do it again?"
Might as well establish that, and if one didn't know better, they might accuse Fenris of being coy.
Or at least as far as Astarion can tell, it’s Fenris’ own dry-edged brand of cleverness peeking through. And really, it’s charming in its own way.
Which is to say it would be if not for the fact that he’s so cavalierly mocking his own seeping injury.
Deft, pale hands already beginning the careful task of cleaning away patches of welling crimson (slow and light, his touches: only ever just enough pressure as needed from the saturated gauze he’s using to wash) Astarion openly snorts.
He also doesn’t look up to give Fenris the satisfaction of seeing his own grin.
Incorrigible pup.
“Well I never said that.” Astarion snorts wryly, “Just because I’ve had your cock in my mouth doesn’t mean you can start putting anything else you like in there, too.”
Chin tucked low, curls slung in front of his eyes, he tosses the ruined gauze aside with a faint softening of his own intact smile.
“But I think if we rush back into exploring the thrill of the so-called little death too soon, we might run the risk of giving you the far bigger version.”
At least Fenris doesn't make Astarion's job difficult. He stays still, keeps his arm out of the way as the pale elf tends the seeping wound with deft touches and care. It doesn't trouble him and he does not flinch, used to enduring discomfort for less savory reasons than his own survival.
Astarion's grumbling earns a smile, small as it is, and some amusement in the keen eyes watching him.
"I'm not on death's doorstep anymore," he says with a roll of his eyes. "It might do me well to be more active."
He probably shouldn't push his luck, but Fenris isn't sure he needs to be bedridden any longer. The only way to decide one way or another, he feels, is more activity. And though he has been sleeping more than his usual rest, he's still been awake often enough to be getting bored, even with Astarion's stellar conversation skills.
“Well we certainly got it moving tonight— right out of your body, in fact.”
Spoken slyly as his own lips curl upwards by a narrow difference of degrees— the fault of Fenris’ own amusement, and it lingers still as he turns back to tending to the bandaging before him: salve applied once cleaned, packed with fresher gauze, another stretch of bandaging smoothed down with careful hands that purposefully avoid streaks of glowing silver.
And when it’s done, he scoots in closer to Fenris’ side, hovering over him fully this time, curls slung low from gravity, looming little more than a few inches from that unspeakably pretty face.
“Next time you can actually manage to sit up without toppling over, I’ll take you outside for a spin.”
What’s a spin qualify as, exactly? Who knows. Astarion opts to stoop low, catching Fenris’ mouth in a senselessly hungering kiss (one that still tastes of himself as much as lilac, he finds— and not at all unpleasant for it).
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"Yes," he deadpans. "I am infatuated with your flowery eloquence." He rolls his eyes but being able to tease brings that smile back, small as it is. He moves his thumb, brushing against Astarion's lip or his chin, whatever he can touch.
"Speaking of, I think I'm bleeding," he says almost absently as he lifts his other arm to look down at the bandaged wound on his side. This whole exercise raised his blood pressure and had him moving more than he has in days, maybe it was inevitable that they'd agitate some of his wounds.
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"I knew it. Deadly and dashing and— wait, what?"
He presses past Fenris' hand, blinking as he moves to peer at the still-wound bandaging which—
"Shit."
All breath. All frustration as he sits up, already reaching for the kit tucked away within the nightstand, shoulders hunched sharply forward. It's a sidelong motion that beckons Fenris nearer, made with his fingers wrapped around a pot of ointment, gauze tucked between his teeth— already moving to pull the soiled bandage away from Fenris' side.
"Let's hope I didn't just set you back two weeks for the benefit of a blowjob."
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"Mm, if you did, it might have been worth it," he says mildly, watching as the bloodied bandages are pulled away. The wound hasn't opened badly, at least. Seeping rather than freely bleeding. His gaze flicks up to Astarion's face.
"Does this mean you don't want to do it again?"
Might as well establish that, and if one didn't know better, they might accuse Fenris of being coy.
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Or at least as far as Astarion can tell, it’s Fenris’ own dry-edged brand of cleverness peeking through. And really, it’s charming in its own way.
Which is to say it would be if not for the fact that he’s so cavalierly mocking his own seeping injury.
Deft, pale hands already beginning the careful task of cleaning away patches of welling crimson (slow and light, his touches: only ever just enough pressure as needed from the saturated gauze he’s using to wash) Astarion openly snorts.
He also doesn’t look up to give Fenris the satisfaction of seeing his own grin.
Incorrigible pup.
“Well I never said that.” Astarion snorts wryly, “Just because I’ve had your cock in my mouth doesn’t mean you can start putting anything else you like in there, too.”
Chin tucked low, curls slung in front of his eyes, he tosses the ruined gauze aside with a faint softening of his own intact smile.
“But I think if we rush back into exploring the thrill of the so-called little death too soon, we might run the risk of giving you the far bigger version.”
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Astarion's grumbling earns a smile, small as it is, and some amusement in the keen eyes watching him.
"I'm not on death's doorstep anymore," he says with a roll of his eyes. "It might do me well to be more active."
He probably shouldn't push his luck, but Fenris isn't sure he needs to be bedridden any longer. The only way to decide one way or another, he feels, is more activity. And though he has been sleeping more than his usual rest, he's still been awake often enough to be getting bored, even with Astarion's stellar conversation skills.
He looks at Astarion again.
"Get the blood moving."
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Spoken slyly as his own lips curl upwards by a narrow difference of degrees— the fault of Fenris’ own amusement, and it lingers still as he turns back to tending to the bandaging before him: salve applied once cleaned, packed with fresher gauze, another stretch of bandaging smoothed down with careful hands that purposefully avoid streaks of glowing silver.
And when it’s done, he scoots in closer to Fenris’ side, hovering over him fully this time, curls slung low from gravity, looming little more than a few inches from that unspeakably pretty face.
“Next time you can actually manage to sit up without toppling over, I’ll take you outside for a spin.”
What’s a spin qualify as, exactly? Who knows. Astarion opts to stoop low, catching Fenris’ mouth in a senselessly hungering kiss (one that still tastes of himself as much as lilac, he finds— and not at all unpleasant for it).
Broken only when he adds:
“And after that, we’ll spar.”