( A laugh, low, breath gusting over Zhou Zishu's cheek. ) Well, I haven't ever had a reward this feisty, so probably no?
( A pout flickers across his features, eyes going wide and round and imploring. It isn't very sexy, but it is very Wen Kexing, especially around this man who lets him be childish and wheedling. With a hum he wraps an arm around Zhou Zishu's neck, fingertips in his hair, skating over where the armoury key is wedged neatly into it. )
I see how it is, you don't want me. ( Overly dramatic, but still playful. ) Am I no longer to Lord Zhou's liking? Aiya, I should have known this day would come. A man gets better and no longer needs the wife who nursed him.
[ Wen Kexing gets a sharp pinch for that, Zishu frowning. On one
hand, he wants to tease, wants to lean into the sarcastic banter and the
easy back and forth he's so comfortable having with Lao Wen. On the other
hand, it's all a little too new, a little too fresh, wounds a little too
raw. ]
[ With such a sincere request, how could he say no? He cups Wen
Kexing's face between his hands, dropping the lightest kiss to his mouth, a
light brush of their lips. Teasing. Tantalizing. ]
( The kiss is both not enough and somehow too much. Wen Kexing blinks helplessly when they part, eyelashes fluttering, some earnest kind of warmth flickering to life in the depths of his eyes. )
Cruel.
( A pout, half whine, hand coming up to catch Zhou Zishu by the shoulder, fingers slipping inside the hem of his robes to where there is warm skin. )
( Through the flutter of his eyelashes, one sharp tooth biting into the bottom of his lip, coy. )
I could make you make better expressions if you'd just let me. ( There's a little wheedling in his tone, but it is still somehow a far cry from how Wen Kexing had originally perused Zhou Zishu. If he tells him no outright then he'll stop, but for now he's merely pressing a little closer, slinging an arm around his waist and squeezing slightly. ) Hm?
Eh! I asked you to come to bed with me and you dug your heels in.
( Metaphorically, but he still thinks his point stands. Still, the hand playing at his collar comes down, snagging Zhou Zishu around the wrist and tugging a little, both impishly and impatiently. ) You make it very hard to be seductive, Ah-Xu.
( Pouty, but he's taking a step back, tugging Zhou Zishu along with him ( or at least, attempting to ). )
( The bed is not that far in the small room they're sharing, Wen Kexing bumps into it with the back of his knees and then sits at the edge, letting his hand fall away from Zhou Zishu's wrist to wrap both arms around his waist, tipping his face upwards and smiling. )
Maybe you've tamed me, who knows!
( He tugs a little on the folds of Zhou Zishu's robes, imploring. )
[ He suspects he knows what Wen Kexing wants, but he'd rather have
it clearly spelled out than to misunderstand and make a fool of himself.
Wen Kexing's hair is soft under his hand, a heavy sheet of silk, and he
strokes stray strands out of his Lao Wen's face to look down at him,
cupping his cheek. ]
( Fervent, the spark in his gaze less to do with arousal and more the burning fire of all that he feels for Zhou Zishu. He presses his cheek more firmly into the touch, shifting so his lips can place a kiss there. With hands on the other man's waist he tugs, pulling him down into Wen Kexing's lap, a palm splayed warm and solid across his spine. )
I would take anything you could give me, Ah-Xu, and be contented. You only have to tell me if you don't want to. ( Nose against his jaw line, nuzzling there, the words coming muffled. ) I want to please you though. Won't you let me?
[ He is, at times, frightened by the intensity of Wen Kexing's
feelings for him. Not by Wen Kexing himself, never him, but by how much he
can make Zhou Zishu feel. Zishu exhales, steadying himself where he's
perched on his husband's lap. (Because that's what he is, isn't he?
Husband.) ]
Lao Wen should do as he likes. This Zishu will like it all.
[ That's about as blatant an invitation as he can manage to give. ]
( The smile Zhou Zishu gets is slow blooming, wide and genuine. It isn't one of his particularly salacious ones, instead it is brighter, fonder, affection seeping from the edges. He lifts a hand, cups Zhou Zishu's cheek briefly, pushes his fingers back into his hair in the next second. It is easy to pull him down for a kiss, Wen Kexing's other hand sliding over his back, greedy touch fisting in the layers of robes.
The kiss is lingering, demanding, his tongue slipping hot between Zhou Zishu's lips to tangle with the other man's own. Wen Kexing hums, low in his throat, and then both hands move to the sash at his waist to cleverly pluck it free, letting it drop somewhere. He slips fingers into the spaces left, the warmth of a body appealing even with layers still keeping him from truly touching. )
Ah-Xu.
( Breaking away to breath, nuzzling his jaw. ) You're so lovely. I've wanted -.
( He doesn't finish, instead claims that pretty mouth again in another biting kiss. They both know the shape of Wen Kexing's hunger, even if it has become more genuine these days. They both know when it started. )
[ He trembles under Wen Kexing's attention. His sash gets dropped
off to the side, a few flimsy ties barely keeping his layers together, and
Zishu shivers as Wen Kexing finds skin beneath them, even without pulling
them off of him. He kisses back when Wen Kexing claims his mouth again,
leaning into it and catching his breath when his Lao Wen allows it. ]
( His roaming hands have a mind of their own, hungrily seeking out the spaces he hasn't allowed himself to touch before. Calloused fingers find the shape of Zhou Zishu's ribs, skate across them, his warm mouth breaking away to trace the shape of a jaw, sucking and teasing the shivering skin just beneath the hinge. He bares one shoulder by pushing the fabric beneath, lets his teeth fit light to the shape of it, his other hand sweeping down a side and across the plains of his back.
It's unhurried, even though he seems to want to touch everywhere all at once. He takes his time with it, dark gaze flickering to Zhou Zishu's face every few seconds. )
[ Even with Wen Kexing's dedicated care, he's still not quite
recovered from the months of his body doing its utmost best to destroy
itself. He's very aware of how close his bones are to the surface, how his
body still has hints of gaunt sickness, how he doesn't have the sort of
lovely body the brothel boys would. Discounting the scars from the hooks
and the nails, he still has scars left from a lifetime of martial living,
lines left by blades across his chest and sides, the burn across his
shoulders...
Still, he doesn't allow himself to think over-much on it, watching
Wen Kexing from beneath lowered lashes as he breathes slowly, his skin
pebbing with gooseflesh as his Lao Wen bares him to the room. ]
( It is easy to tip Zhou Zishu back onto the mattress, even easier to crawl over his body and peer down at him, his own expression soft and a little dazed. There is wonder in Wen Kexing's eyes as he smiles, one hand curving around a neck and then sweeping down over Zhou Zishu's collar bone, his chest. He doesn't skirt away from the scars there, has refused to shy away from it before and will not start now, and so his warm palm passes over them as he eases the layers of robes aside. )
Pretty.
( There's none of the usual teasing in his voice, it's stripped down to it's honest roots, Wen Kexing leaning in to press a kiss to hollow of Zhou Zishu's throat, his thigh wedging between the other man's knees. )
Ah-Xu.
( Murmured, tongue dragging against a thundering pulse point, his clever hands finding their way to Zhou Zishu's waist and teasing the tips of his fingers under the fabric there, eager but still careful. )
How rushed has your lovemaking been that you think this is teasing? I haven't even started yet.
( His words and the following laugh are muffled against skin, his hands finally easing Zhou Zishu's robes free to lay in a puddle beneath them. He bites at the delicate skin of his throat without warning, hard enough to leave a mark and unrepentant about it even as the other man jumps beneath him. His tongue follows suit, warm and wet and he hums again, always noisy. )
Fine, fine, I'll take pity.
( He leans back, resting on his heels, gaze warm and loving when it slides across Zhou Zishu's bare torso, those hands still curling in the waistband of his trousers. )
[ The jar of vinegar that is his partner shouldn't ask questions he
doesn't want answers to. Questions like, how have your other partners
treated you, implied even if not asked directly. Zishu scowls at
him--an expression he doesn't manage to hold for long before his eyes fall
shut as he trembles under Wen Kexing's teeth and tongue. It isn't until Wen
Kexing pulls back that Zhou Zishu looks at him again, moisture beading on
his lashes as he tries in vain to control his breathing.
Even before he started ruining his body with the nails, it'd been
too long since he'd last felt the urge to satisfy his body. After Jiuxiao's
death, he'd felt it even less. And then, after the nails, after he'd met
Wen Kexing, he'd only felt the faint regret that he wouldn't be able to
know his touch before death.
And then--
And then, he was given another chance. Another opportunity. Another
life. Zishu lifts his hips, struggling not to cover his thin, thin
face with his hands. He's hard, harder than he can ever remember being,
even when he was a teenager, shamefully stroking himself to completion
under the cover of night. ]
Wen Kexing pauses after divesting him of his trousers, gaze sweeping across his body in one long, lingering brush. He's pale, and worn, and still so very beautiful, the hollows of his ribs and the shape of his scars doing nothing to ebb the desperate, clawing want that rests inside of Wen Kexing's own bones. He forgets to breathe for a moment, hovering over Zhou Zishu with his own face going pink. But his breath leaves him in a rush, smile blooming, and he leans closer again, kissing him more firmly on the mouth. )
Ah-Xu.
( A hand at his waist, skating the dip between groin and hip, his nose nudging at the hollow of his throat, lips dragging. His kisses find his collarbone, long fingers wrapping along the length of his cock without warning, humming when Zhou Zishu jumps. )
[ The sound of his voice surprises him as he breathes it into the
kiss. It's low, throaty, wrecked, and Wen Kexing's only just barely
touched him. His fingers brush feather-light over Zishu's skin, his lips
hot and damp, and the needy sound he makes as his hips jerk into Wen
Kexing's hand is enough to make his cheeks burn. He reaches up, his hand
shaking as he buries it into the silken weight of Wen Kexing's hair, rests
it at the base of his skull to give himself something to hold onto. His
gaze, he focuses on Wen Kexing's plush mouth, so different from Zhou
Zishu's own stern, thin lips. He can't bring himself to focus on Wen
Kexing's eyes, not just yet. ]
( There's nothing else to say, but Wen Kexing cannot have Zhou Zishu call for him so sweetly without some sort of recognition. His lips quirk however, as though they're aware of the source of his attention, twitching into a bright smile. He finds he likes this, the heavy heat of Zhou Zishu's straining cock trapped between his fingers, as well as the steadying weight of his hand at the back of his head. He'd been ... nervous, almost, which feels strange to think of when considering how many times he's done this, but perhaps it is because it is the first time that it matters.
And it does. Nothing else ever has.
He licks his dry lips, presses closer to nuzzle his nose against the hollow of Zhou Zishu's throat, fingers gliding upwards to twist around the flushed head. His mouth then starts a slow, meandering pattern across his skin, collarbone, chest, lips ghosting over one of the many scars before they leave to suck a pebbled nipple between them. Another hum, dark gaze flitting upwards as his tongue drags hot over it. A beat, and then he moves to apply the same sort of scrutiny to it's twin, taunting it into the same stiff peak. )
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( A pout flickers across his features, eyes going wide and round and imploring. It isn't very sexy, but it is very Wen Kexing, especially around this man who lets him be childish and wheedling. With a hum he wraps an arm around Zhou Zishu's neck, fingertips in his hair, skating over where the armoury key is wedged neatly into it. )
I see how it is, you don't want me. ( Overly dramatic, but still playful. ) Am I no longer to Lord Zhou's liking? Aiya, I should have known this day would come. A man gets better and no longer needs the wife who nursed him.
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[ Wen Kexing gets a sharp pinch for that, Zishu frowning. On one hand, he wants to tease, wants to lean into the sarcastic banter and the easy back and forth he's so comfortable having with Lao Wen. On the other hand, it's all a little too new, a little too fresh, wounds a little too raw. ]
Don't joke about that.
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Ah-Xu.
( A whine. )
All right, but kiss me then. I really want you to.
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[ With such a sincere request, how could he say no? He cups Wen Kexing's face between his hands, dropping the lightest kiss to his mouth, a light brush of their lips. Teasing. Tantalizing. ]
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Cruel.
( A pout, half whine, hand coming up to catch Zhou Zishu by the shoulder, fingers slipping inside the hem of his robes to where there is warm skin. )
Do you like teasing me? Is that it?
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You make some wonderful expressions when I do.
[ And it's not like Wen Kexing doesn't deserve it, his fingers pressing intimately, insistently inwards. ]
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( Through the flutter of his eyelashes, one sharp tooth biting into the bottom of his lip, coy. )
I could make you make better expressions if you'd just let me. ( There's a little wheedling in his tone, but it is still somehow a far cry from how Wen Kexing had originally perused Zhou Zishu. If he tells him no outright then he'll stop, but for now he's merely pressing a little closer, slinging an arm around his waist and squeezing slightly. ) Hm?
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[ He is, notably, not saying no. ]
Am I not allowing you your liberties?
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( Metaphorically, but he still thinks his point stands. Still, the hand playing at his collar comes down, snagging Zhou Zishu around the wrist and tugging a little, both impishly and impatiently. ) You make it very hard to be seductive, Ah-Xu.
( Pouty, but he's taking a step back, tugging Zhou Zishu along with him ( or at least, attempting to ). )
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[ He's feeling better today and, as such, indulgent. So he moves agreeably when Wen Kexing tugs, stepping in close. ]
You're always lovely. You don't need to try to be seductive.
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( The bed is not that far in the small room they're sharing, Wen Kexing bumps into it with the back of his knees and then sits at the edge, letting his hand fall away from Zhou Zishu's wrist to wrap both arms around his waist, tipping his face upwards and smiling. )
Maybe you've tamed me, who knows!
( He tugs a little on the folds of Zhou Zishu's robes, imploring. )
If you have you should take responsibility.
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Take responsibility, how?
[ He suspects he knows what Wen Kexing wants, but he'd rather have it clearly spelled out than to misunderstand and make a fool of himself. Wen Kexing's hair is soft under his hand, a heavy sheet of silk, and he strokes stray strands out of his Lao Wen's face to look down at him, cupping his cheek. ]
What do you want from me?
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( Fervent, the spark in his gaze less to do with arousal and more the burning fire of all that he feels for Zhou Zishu. He presses his cheek more firmly into the touch, shifting so his lips can place a kiss there. With hands on the other man's waist he tugs, pulling him down into Wen Kexing's lap, a palm splayed warm and solid across his spine. )
I would take anything you could give me, Ah-Xu, and be contented. You only have to tell me if you don't want to. ( Nose against his jaw line, nuzzling there, the words coming muffled. ) I want to please you though. Won't you let me?
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[ He is, at times, frightened by the intensity of Wen Kexing's feelings for him. Not by Wen Kexing himself, never him, but by how much he can make Zhou Zishu feel. Zishu exhales, steadying himself where he's perched on his husband's lap. (Because that's what he is, isn't he? Husband.) ]
Lao Wen should do as he likes. This Zishu will like it all.
[ That's about as blatant an invitation as he can manage to give. ]
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The kiss is lingering, demanding, his tongue slipping hot between Zhou Zishu's lips to tangle with the other man's own. Wen Kexing hums, low in his throat, and then both hands move to the sash at his waist to cleverly pluck it free, letting it drop somewhere. He slips fingers into the spaces left, the warmth of a body appealing even with layers still keeping him from truly touching. )
Ah-Xu.
( Breaking away to breath, nuzzling his jaw. ) You're so lovely. I've wanted -.
( He doesn't finish, instead claims that pretty mouth again in another biting kiss. They both know the shape of Wen Kexing's hunger, even if it has become more genuine these days. They both know when it started. )
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[ He trembles under Wen Kexing's attention. His sash gets dropped off to the side, a few flimsy ties barely keeping his layers together, and Zishu shivers as Wen Kexing finds skin beneath them, even without pulling them off of him. He kisses back when Wen Kexing claims his mouth again, leaning into it and catching his breath when his Lao Wen allows it. ]
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It's unhurried, even though he seems to want to touch everywhere all at once. He takes his time with it, dark gaze flickering to Zhou Zishu's face every few seconds. )
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[ Even with Wen Kexing's dedicated care, he's still not quite recovered from the months of his body doing its utmost best to destroy itself. He's very aware of how close his bones are to the surface, how his body still has hints of gaunt sickness, how he doesn't have the sort of lovely body the brothel boys would. Discounting the scars from the hooks and the nails, he still has scars left from a lifetime of martial living, lines left by blades across his chest and sides, the burn across his shoulders...
Still, he doesn't allow himself to think over-much on it, watching Wen Kexing from beneath lowered lashes as he breathes slowly, his skin pebbing with gooseflesh as his Lao Wen bares him to the room. ]
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Pretty.
( There's none of the usual teasing in his voice, it's stripped down to it's honest roots, Wen Kexing leaning in to press a kiss to hollow of Zhou Zishu's throat, his thigh wedging between the other man's knees. )
Ah-Xu.
( Murmured, tongue dragging against a thundering pulse point, his clever hands finding their way to Zhou Zishu's waist and teasing the tips of his fingers under the fabric there, eager but still careful. )
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[ His breath catches, stutters, and he tilts his head back to stare blindly at the ceiling as his hands come up to curl into Wen Kexing's robes. ]
Lao Wen.
[ His heart is going to beat out of his chest. ]
Lao Wen. [ He says again, legs parting to give Wen Kexing room to move between them. ] Are you just going to tease all night?
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( His words and the following laugh are muffled against skin, his hands finally easing Zhou Zishu's robes free to lay in a puddle beneath them. He bites at the delicate skin of his throat without warning, hard enough to leave a mark and unrepentant about it even as the other man jumps beneath him. His tongue follows suit, warm and wet and he hums again, always noisy. )
Fine, fine, I'll take pity.
( He leans back, resting on his heels, gaze warm and loving when it slides across Zhou Zishu's bare torso, those hands still curling in the waistband of his trousers. )
Lift your hips up.
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[ The jar of vinegar that is his partner shouldn't ask questions he doesn't want answers to. Questions like, how have your other partners treated you, implied even if not asked directly. Zishu scowls at him--an expression he doesn't manage to hold for long before his eyes fall shut as he trembles under Wen Kexing's teeth and tongue. It isn't until Wen Kexing pulls back that Zhou Zishu looks at him again, moisture beading on his lashes as he tries in vain to control his breathing.
Even before he started ruining his body with the nails, it'd been too long since he'd last felt the urge to satisfy his body. After Jiuxiao's death, he'd felt it even less. And then, after the nails, after he'd met Wen Kexing, he'd only felt the faint regret that he wouldn't be able to know his touch before death.
And then--
And then, he was given another chance. Another opportunity. Another life. Zishu lifts his hips, struggling not to cover his thin, thin face with his hands. He's hard, harder than he can ever remember being, even when he was a teenager, shamefully stroking himself to completion under the cover of night. ]
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Oh.
He's so lovely.
Wen Kexing pauses after divesting him of his trousers, gaze sweeping across his body in one long, lingering brush. He's pale, and worn, and still so very beautiful, the hollows of his ribs and the shape of his scars doing nothing to ebb the desperate, clawing want that rests inside of Wen Kexing's own bones. He forgets to breathe for a moment, hovering over Zhou Zishu with his own face going pink. But his breath leaves him in a rush, smile blooming, and he leans closer again, kissing him more firmly on the mouth. )
Ah-Xu.
( A hand at his waist, skating the dip between groin and hip, his nose nudging at the hollow of his throat, lips dragging. His kisses find his collarbone, long fingers wrapping along the length of his cock without warning, humming when Zhou Zishu jumps. )
Let me take care of you.
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Lao Wen...
[ The sound of his voice surprises him as he breathes it into the kiss. It's low, throaty, wrecked, and Wen Kexing's only just barely touched him. His fingers brush feather-light over Zishu's skin, his lips hot and damp, and the needy sound he makes as his hips jerk into Wen Kexing's hand is enough to make his cheeks burn. He reaches up, his hand shaking as he buries it into the silken weight of Wen Kexing's hair, rests it at the base of his skull to give himself something to hold onto. His gaze, he focuses on Wen Kexing's plush mouth, so different from Zhou Zishu's own stern, thin lips. He can't bring himself to focus on Wen Kexing's eyes, not just yet. ]
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( There's nothing else to say, but Wen Kexing cannot have Zhou Zishu call for him so sweetly without some sort of recognition. His lips quirk however, as though they're aware of the source of his attention, twitching into a bright smile. He finds he likes this, the heavy heat of Zhou Zishu's straining cock trapped between his fingers, as well as the steadying weight of his hand at the back of his head. He'd been ... nervous, almost, which feels strange to think of when considering how many times he's done this, but perhaps it is because it is the first time that it matters.
And it does. Nothing else ever has.
He licks his dry lips, presses closer to nuzzle his nose against the hollow of Zhou Zishu's throat, fingers gliding upwards to twist around the flushed head. His mouth then starts a slow, meandering pattern across his skin, collarbone, chest, lips ghosting over one of the many scars before they leave to suck a pebbled nipple between them. Another hum, dark gaze flitting upwards as his tongue drags hot over it. A beat, and then he moves to apply the same sort of scrutiny to it's twin, taunting it into the same stiff peak. )
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