Ragnarr Loðbrók (
bigarmy_strangepants) wrote2015-07-27 11:42 pm
OOM: Getting all that blood off
The moment Ragnar comes into their rooms, the unstraps his sword belt and takes off his leather jerkin. They're caked with half-dry blood and other nasty matter.
"If we came back too clean," he muses, "it would be suspicious."
So he'll have to put the leathers back on as they are before going back.
"If we came back too clean," he muses, "it would be suspicious."
So he'll have to put the leathers back on as they are before going back.

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"What nobody can see", he agrees, shedding his own clothes, "we can get away with."
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For once, everything there is just hanging down, even in the presence of Athelstan.
Batch first, other things to follow.
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Athelstan heads for the bathroom to start the water running.
"Do you have spare ones here? I think those might be beyond saving."
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"Oh yes, they do. So we can be decent even without our regular clothes."
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"There hasn't been much time without that, lately?" he says wryly. "Not even in camp."
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"Then we should make the most of it while we're here. Even if it's just one night - a real bed, Ragnar, one night in a real bed."
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"Yes." He grins. "With no one interrupting your sleep with questions or demands."
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It's something they get to do even more rarely than sex, or kissing, or saying 'I love you', in their world.
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"I'll even put up with the snoring without complaint", Athelstan says generously.
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Athelstan kisses him back, hungrily after so long without it, then glances over his shoulder.
"The bath's ready."
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Athelstan steps away to turn the taps off, then slides into the water and looks at Ragnar expectantly.
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Ragnar and water. It's inevitable.
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Of course it is.
Athelstan watches him sit down, then lifts a hand and beckons slightly.
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Athelstan's arms close around him, and he leans in for another kiss.
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It's usually the other way around, but he finds he likes this as well.
"Lie back", he murmurs, "and I'll do your braid."
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