[ Flickers of gold in the dark. Light through the crack in a door, in a wall. Light glinting off a ring as a hand lifts, dust motes dancing in a sunbeam cast across the floor of a silent cathedral. Gold in his eyes as he moves above Armand, caught between the draped curls of his hair, as he rocks in deep and steady rhythm between his thighs, strong and sure and impossibly beautiful. Gold as he bends to kiss him. Gold, of course.
Armand takes a breath. Smiles. Not surprised. One hand slips along the edge of Bob's sweater, thumb finding a way underneath to touch warm skin. ]
A golden god. [ Echoes of the memories between them. Armand's expression grows more sober, firming with surety. ]
[ it’s what he read in every book before this place and after it. in the texts set transcribed for him. between the lines in the questions adam asks of him. dark and light, but still you. yes, all of it is. impossible, contradictory, unstable. ]
Careful, that’ll go to my head.
[ armand’s veneration, already intoxicating as any high. his acceptance, when few others can grasp what he is, let alone allow the fullness of it into their minds. maybe it’s a trick of the light, or maybe — it’s there, gleaming flecks in the deep sea of his eyes. ]
I’m not afraid of you either, for the record.
[ presented to the council without time for comment, when bob has needed to kiss armand for several minutes now and finally, finally gives in to the urge. ]
[ There might have been comment -- self-deprecation or denial, perhaps you should be the automatic response -- but Armand's mouth is captured before he can make it, the words dissolving into the helpless gladness and gratitude he feels over every moment spent with Bob, treasuring each kiss as a gift unearned. He leans into the kiss, eyes fluttering closed, lips parting to lick out a little, tongue soft and inviting. His hands tense beneath Bob's coat, catching hold of his sweater as if he needs to stop him from disappearing. ]
Unfair.
[ To have given him no chance to respond. The resonance in Bob's mind is amused and fond, the rest of him still trading warm kisses for as long as he's allowed, growing steadily more languid, like a cat being petted. ]
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Armand takes a breath. Smiles. Not surprised. One hand slips along the edge of Bob's sweater, thumb finding a way underneath to touch warm skin. ]
A golden god. [ Echoes of the memories between them. Armand's expression grows more sober, firming with surety. ]
But still you. Dark and light, but still you.
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Careful, that’ll go to my head.
[ armand’s veneration, already intoxicating as any high. his acceptance, when few others can grasp what he is, let alone allow the fullness of it into their minds. maybe it’s a trick of the light, or maybe — it’s there, gleaming flecks in the deep sea of his eyes. ]
I’m not afraid of you either, for the record.
[ presented to the council without time for comment, when bob has needed to kiss armand for several minutes now and finally, finally gives in to the urge. ]
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Unfair.
[ To have given him no chance to respond. The resonance in Bob's mind is amused and fond, the rest of him still trading warm kisses for as long as he's allowed, growing steadily more languid, like a cat being petted. ]