fairyland fun! (your levels of fun may vary)

[fair_trouble]

[New day, new town, and hopefully new opportunities. Specifically opportunities to make some money because Zel and Emery’s funds have been running kind of low after their most recent misadventure. This has meant a temporary separation while Zelgadis goes to look for merc-type work and potential cure leads and Emery goes around chatting up the locals without terrifying them.

Or at least that was the plan, until Calanthe showed up.

By the time Zel gets back to the inn, Emery’s still busy talking to Calanthe in their inn room, although the conversation’s just about wrapping up. If he’s perceptive he might even catch a bit of Emery’s words.

“...some funds this time? ...Seriously, is that it? He’s always such a cheapskate. …Okay I got it. I’ll see you later.”

A few moments later a woman wearing a green cloak exits their inn room. Her hood is up, partly obscuring a pale face and hair, and she barely spares anyone a passing glance as she drifts down the hallway.

Emery is still standing inside the inn room looking pensive, but when Zel enters he’ll give him a bright smile.]

Oh! Hey, Zel. Did you manage to find anything?

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[fair_trouble]

[Zel can avert his gaze all he wants, but that won't stop Emery from looking at him. And smiling.]

Don't worry. I won't let anyone take advantage of you.

[Because that's Emery's job, of course.]

[chimerad]

[they breathe out a hmph, features softening a bit (in a way); even just the peripheral sense of the smile he can hear is a kind of ghostly tickle under his skin.

he reaches for and takes Emery's hand gingerly by the fingers, kissing his knuckles. the silly feeling he gets in doing so is beat out by the delight of being able to do so.]

My hero.

fae bae is back

[fair_trouble]

[Emery laughs a little at the kiss to his knuckles, a bubbly delighted sound.]

Anything for you~

[He bats his eyelashes teasingly at Zel. His sweet, chivalrous dork.]

ayaya

[chimerad]

[the teasing won't go unanswered, even if Zel did set himself up for it. he gently nips at a knuckle before releasing the hand so he can curl his finger under Emery's chin and tilt in to kiss him.]

[fair_trouble]

[And Emery is as obliging as ever, slightly parting his lips for Zel and tilting his head to receive that kiss. Stone lips meet Emery's warm, pliant ones. If Zel wants to take things further? However far he wants to go, Emery is eager to go there with him.]

[chimerad]

[for now, it's languid taste and proximity: Zel pulls Emery into his lap and reclines, comforted by the sense of weight he can feel regardless of impassive skin. with the l-word out in the open, it's become safer to just want to be cozy, rather than stand be on the anxious business of trying to stay desirable (or cool; he's still cool, right?), and that's one helluva relief.

the interruption comes from outside - the clatter and bustle of the rest of the ferry. it's barely past midday, so that's no surprise. and while they could just lounge all day, a notion strikes.]

...Think they'd let me copy whatever map they got on board? [he could try and discern just where they are in relation to the other world; he's curious how the landscapes overlap or diverge, because of course he is.]

[fair_trouble]

[Emery's happy to drape himself over Zelgadis like a cat stretching out over a sunny rock. It's a surprisingly gentle time for both of them, exchanging kisses back and forth, reclining in a berth with the sounds of the river drifting in. In the security of the moment, Emery can forget about his job and their various worries for as long as this lasts.

Eventually there's a particularly loud bit of footsteps from the hallway outside their room and he feels Zel pull away a bit.

Huh? Map? What? Emery blinks a few times, processing. He's not sure if they'll particularly need a map but...]

It wouldn't hurt to ask, right?

[chimerad]

Probably not. [unless they're really cagey about their maps. which, while weird, wouldn't be the weirdest thing Zel's ever encountered asea.

he inhales a deeper breath, if only to better appreciate Emery atop him before gently nosing Emery's cheek.] But I won't do that until you set me free.

[fair_trouble]

Hmm~ [Emery's eyes drift shut at the proximity.] I don't know. Where else am I going to find such a lovely captive?

[chimerad]

Pfh. [lovely. his mouth twitches. he can't just plainly be pleased by a silly, teasing compliment!

...he is.]

Who knows? I'm not in the business of looking for such.