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王河明 / wang he ming ([personal profile] quatrain) wrote in [community profile] drear2020-10-28 07:15 pm

tell me who you are, i can be the gentle boy

The staff party starts at midnight and I don't have to work during it! Make sure you come in costume!

[ He Ming sends the text, a reminder, and runs off to work that evening. It's not exactly Halloween—the bar will inevitably be far too busy on the night of—but an earlier day when they're allowed to bring plus ones. Rune's costume, which mostly employs his already ironed black dress clothes and is only vampiric by dint of a borrowed cape and some fake fangs and blood, is left laid out on his bed for him to pick up. With Rune already having a key, he can let himself in.

His own outfit gets picked out of a hat at the bar. He Ming laughs at his luck with the others and gets dressed in the bathroom before starting service.

The "French maid" costume is cheap, but it fits him, and the thigh garter that's as frilly as the rest of it is kind of cute. He ties the bar apron over the top and takes a picture for Rune, posing cheesily in the mirror. ]


Look, I got my costume assigned! What do you think?
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[personal profile] ceremonious 2021-01-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ He shakes his head slightly at that – I think you would be really pretty – because there's nothing more to comment on. It'll be a nice story to tell him some day, something far less nefarious than half of the things they've experienced together. For now, Rune simply moves closer until there's no space between them, flush together as he leans in. ]

I think I might want to be a vampire a little longer than that.

[ Not that he'd mind returning to being himself, but...

He gently dips forward to rest their foreheads together, briefly soaking up the contact before pressing a soft kiss to He Ming's cheek. Then, he's tilting He Ming's head to the side to gain access to his neck, lips parting to let his glamoured teeth scrape gently over smooth skin. It's not hard enough to puncture but enough that he knows He Ming feels it, and when he draws back, his thumb traces over the shell of an ear. ]


Or are you still set on me being a witch when we get to your place?
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[personal profile] ceremonious 2021-01-17 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rune doesn't know much about vampire etiquette, and he doesn't care to. That's not what he is, so this entire ruse only serves as something He Ming had wanted and something Rune apparently doesn't mind. He's already lost in thought over what would happen if he bit He Ming that hard or that deeply; it's not as if he'd have any reason to drink his blood. Would it hurt him? Would it turn him on? Too many questions and not enough focus, not when they're practically grinding against each other in lieu of any real dancing.

But he might also be just a little weak to the crane of his neck, pressing his mouth slightly below his ear and following the slope of it down until the fabric of the dress gets in the way. Then, all he does is lean into him, breath warm and his voice soft with amusement. ]


No, nothing like that. [ Honestly, if he hadn't come here with him, he'd have worked on some spell the entire night. He lifts his head to speak into He Ming's ear. ] Where do you want me to bite you? Your neck? Your shoulder? Maybe the inside of your thigh?

[ Is this what it's like to be a real vampire? It'd be ridiculous if he was saying those things to anyone else. ]
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[personal profile] ceremonious 2021-01-19 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Something shifts then, the energy between them and the harsh way He Ming holds him close. Closer. Telling him to bite him, to take him home. Rune can't exactly pinpoint what it is, has never had that kind of ability thrust upon him and would not want it if he did. Those kinds of things, much like the voices He Ming has spoken of, are dangerous—not only to others but to the one who possesses it. Being with him like this... he'd almost forgotten all of it and wonders.

They'd had a good time, normal and soft and incredibly human. He Ming had smiled and hadn't shied away at his touch. But there's always something else, an unknown, and Rune draws back to cup He Ming's face, tilting his head so their eyes meet and he can stare as if he's searching for an answer. A reason. He doesn't find much, though he leans in to kiss him briefly regardless. ]


Okay. I'll take you home.

[ Dress and all.

Maybe later Rune will ask him what he'd meant, but for now, he grasps He Ming's hand and draws him out of the crowd, easily navigating them towards the door without bothering to stop for goodbyes. He can do that tomorrow after they've spent some time together. ]
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[personal profile] ceremonious 2021-01-30 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's aware of He Ming's mood, pulling him in closer as they walk. If anyone happened to see them like this, it'd probably look like yet another couple hopelessly infatuated with one another. Not that he's ever cared what others thought (or that it's much of a lie), tilting his head up to look at the sky.

The night is clear and almost too cold for this time of year. ]


I wasn't planning to do anything else except stay with you. [ His spells and whatever he might be working on can wait. Right now, he thinks he needs to be with He Ming, and once they get to his apartment, he waves the glamour of his hair away. ] What did you have in mind?

[ The question, he knows, is mostly rhetorical, thinking about their time in the restroom, crammed against that stall. On the dance floor, He Ming curled close and warm and everything about him inexplicably tempting. Rune feels that way now, crowding him back against his front door as soon as they're inside to kiss the cool skin of his cheek. Then, the corner of his mouth, his lips. He urges him to speak all while distracting him with his body. ]
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[ Hadn't that been the point of leaving his party early?

Rune's almost amused, but he doesn't say anything as He Ming pulls him along, slipping his own shoes off before keeping up with him down the hall. By now, he recognizes the path towards his bedroom, and yet, he wants to kiss him right by the door that leads there. So, he does. He drags him backwards, curling an arm around his waist to press his mouth to He Ming's jaw, the corner of his mouth. His skin is still cool from the walk back to his apartment, but it's almost refreshing as he holds him close. ]


Have your drink later. [ A soft pause, and Rune tries to navigate them the rest of the way without letting him go. ] I want you.

[ Not that he's ever made it a secret, but this is the first time in a while that this has felt normal. So there's no hesitation to the way he slides his hand along the back of his thigh, pushing up under that skirt to squeeze lightly at his ass. Rune still lets those glamoured teeth scrape against the curve of his neck when he kisses down to his shoulder too, brushing the fingers of his free hand through He Ming's hair before gripping the strands and gently pulling them. ]
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[personal profile] ceremonious 2021-02-06 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Something in the mood of it all shifts. ]

Come here.

[ His tone is surprisingly gentle, sweet in the way he's always sweet to He Ming, and he guides them both closer to the bed despite the embrace, holding him as flush against him as he can before he sits. With He Ming between his parted knees, Rune reaches up to cup either side of his face to pull him in for another kiss. It's a soft press of lips as if coaxing him, wanting to have that same kind of energy he'd gotten from the party.

If something was wrong, would he tell him? Rune smooths his fingers through He Ming's soft hair. ]
Is that all you want? I'm yours.

[ He means it now with even more conviction, dropping his hands to take He Ming's and guide them to his chest. Whatever he wants to do then is up to him, releasing him so Rune can grip the hem of that skirt and give it a teasing tug. It's meant to draw him a step forward, offering He Ming the power to do as he wishes without any repercussions. ]
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[ Rune doesn't resist, doesn't struggle.

It's almost intimate despite the urgency, only helping He Ming with his shirt when it gets a little stuck going over his head. He's still left in an undershirt, which he quickly pulls free of his pants and slips out of, dropping it just as those fingers find his shoulders. His comment about the darkness of the room doesn't go unnoticed either, thinking back to that place and how he'd found He Ming. The thought's a nauseating one, forcing himself to get lost in the pressure of his mouth and the warmth of his words so he doesn't dwell on it. Has it been long enough, he wonders. It's all he can think about as he slides a hand to He Ming's hip. ]


I'm not going anywhere. [ He murmurs it between them, shifting backwards onto the mattress so he can drag He Ming on top of him. He kisses the corner of his mouth. ] I said I was yours. I meant that.

[ Of course he did. There's not anything Rune says that he doesn't mean, and he pushes his hands up beneath the flimsy material of that dress to press his palms against the warm skin of He Ming's back. He's never allowed himself to get this distracted, to want more than what his magic would offer him, but this is... more. It's so much more than that, turning his face to kiss him firmly and hold him close. ]

I'm yours forever.

[ Which might not even be that long considering all the enemies he has, but Rune doesn't care. He'll give He Ming whatever he wants regardless of the cost. ]
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[ Does he believe him enough when he says that? Not worrying about the future?

Rune's never really considered it to cause worry, but it's something that humans dwell on constantly. Something that keeps them motivated and preoccupied whereas Rune thinks about his magic and the still-tender flesh of his ear where the tag had been. He thinks about He Ming and wants to keep him safe, a relatively new investment in the scheme of things, but there are other things he has yet to factor in. Like his mortality and that gift of his that he knows so very little about.

He blinks at the turn of the light, unable to say he's going to miss He Ming's underwear at all. Rune takes hold of his chin before they kiss again. ]


I mean forever. I've never wanted anyone the way I want you, and I don't see that changing. [ Not when he's very hard to love outside of what they have. Rune hadn't been seeking out something like this though; he'd just happened to fall into it. ] I don't mind parties either – if that's what you want to do. I was just distracted.

[ Like right now. A slight shift of his hips, and he presses up into He Ming's hand, leaning so he can kiss him—cheek, chin, lips. ]

Should we go somewhere together? [ A vacation, maybe. One that also won't involve witches wanting to kill either of them. ]
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[ It might have been how they'd started, but there's a different energy to the way they touch each other now.

Rune enjoys it more. There's not a means to an end except whatever either of them might want, and at this very moment, he's more than happy to surrender it all to He Ming. His eyes close at the touch of his hand, rolling his hips just a little for added friction and enjoying the contact of He Ming's body along his. It's good, a much better environment than the party and its music and the cramped bathroom, and gently, he curls an arm around his shoulders, fingers pressing into his hair. ]


Or we could go somewhere away from here and distract each other. [ He thinks that sounds like a better plan since he can always work on his magic any time. A pause, fingers running down He Ming's spine and the back of his arm to grip the wrist of the hand in his pants, and Rune murmurs it into the kiss. ] There's a place I want to take you. No one else has seen it but me.

[ And he doesn't expect them to get ambushed either, so that would be the nicest thing about it. Also possibly fucking He Ming right out in the open on the grass, but Rune focuses on the present, trying to urge He Ming to go a little faster with the way he touches him. ]
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[ Rune nods a little like that will explain everything he means about where they might go.

He'll have to explain it to him later, but for now, his concentration is mostly focused on the warmth of He Ming's body against his and the stroke of his hand. Everything that's between them and what the future might hold, where their paths might take them. Rune wants to protect him, but he also wants to savor what they have, pressing into the attention of He Ming's mouth and searching for some kind of answer that feels satisfactory. ]


I always think about you. [ Which isn't exactly what he's asking. ] I wanted to have you where everyone could see. [ A murmur, and Rune turns just enough to kiss him. ] So they know you're mine.

[ But it's only something to think about, reaching down to take that hand and push it away so he can roll them over, settling comfortably atop He Ming. He rests their foreheads together, kissing him lightly and then nipping at his bottom lip as if trying to remind him that his teeth are still glamoured. It doesn't feel like it's the most important detail now, brushing a thumb over his cheek. ]

But I also want to know what you want. [ Right there, right now. While they're alone with no interruptions. ]
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[ When it comes to sex, Rune has no real preference. Maybe it stems from all the years he's done it, focused more on the outcome and the source of energy expelled during rituals rather than anything else, but with He Ming, it's different. Even their very first time together is still something Rune thinks about often, and this? Rune will remember this for as long as he's able, admiring him before he leans down to kiss him first.

He's beautiful, even in the cheap dress he's wearing, and Rune bunches up the hem of it to help He Ming get it out of the way. Then, he idly touches the shape of his cock with his fingertips, tracing over the head and down the length of it while they kiss. He knows he doesn't need help staying hard, but he wants to appreciate him, mouthing along his jaw to his ear and purposely biting into the lobe so that he feels his teeth. ]


Let me think about it. [ Which is mostly just a humored sort of tease, pulling away to find the lube. That, too, he's familiar with, and it doesn't take long at all for Rune to return to pressing against He Ming, fingers slick as he strokes him lightly. ] Are you going to watch me?

[ It's just a question, low and quiet as he maneuvers to finger himself. This position doesn't allow for anything deep, but Rune isn't really looking for that, eventually shifting to hold He Ming steady so he can slowly and carefully work his cock inside him. The discomfort he swallows the entire time without much visible reaction, meeting He Ming's eyes and never looking away. There's something about this request that Rune wants to give him, even if he might not know exactly what that is. ]
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[ He Ming's response earns a slight smile, though it's mostly just a muted grimace until he's settled on him as much as he can manage. That shift of his hips doesn't do Rune any favors, his breath heavier and pausing a second to collect himself before leaning over him. He doesn't look away, keeping his gaze steady until he kisses him to savor the sensation of it. There's always something about being with He Ming that he can't get enough of, and Rune's focused only on taking it. ]

Maybe you could, but I want you to come. [ Straightforward, murmured right against his lips. ] Fuck me.

[ Which isn't quite how this position works, so Rune helps to set the pace. At first, when he lifts up, he's reminded of his impatience, but it's easy to ignore in favor of sinking down on him once more, one hand lightly braced against He Ming's chest and the other at his hip like he needs the cue to meet him in the middle. He knows he doesn't, but this is really just about what He Ming might want and trying to anticipate it so Rune can give it to him. He'll spend however long it takes earning back all that intimacy and the small things he'd gotten used to, shifting down and grinding a little harder on the next rocking motion of their bodies.

It's only about them anyway, dropping his hand to grasp at He Ming's so he can press his palm against his chest. Feel him, feel this. And not once does he look away from him, his name on the tip of his tongue. ]

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