tanyart: ([misc] paint it bright)
tanyart ([personal profile] tanyart) wrote in [community profile] lyricalt2020-01-02 05:41 pm

[kiss prompt] shindrift - throat

Vale had cornered Hope for the night, eyes dark and hands insistent. The night didn’t start out this way — they’d been with the other Dredgens, talking and debating and planning — then Vale beckoned Hope into another room, small. Quiet. Away from the others.

All the Dredgens saw the clear invitation. All their eyes had swung over to Hope, waiting for his answer, and Hope would’ve given a life just to be able to tactfully bow out without drawing any more attention to himself.

But, there were expectations, and one of them rarely involved telling Vale no. At least, not in front of anyone. Hope had the fleeting suspicion that if he had said no, Vale would’ve just shrugged it off, but would’ve left Hope with all the ribbing and sneers from the others.

So Hope followed Vale into that dark room, let Vale close in on him as if they were only continuing their conversation on mixing Hive runes with Light. All the while, Hope’s chest grew tight with anxiety and anticipation.

Vale was deadly as he was alluring, that he couldn’t deny, and when all of Vale’s focus was a;ll on him, Hope felt the fear burn up his spine like hard liquor. He tilted his chin up, throat bared, and Vale leaned in, teeth flashing in the weak lamplight.

Hope expected it to sting like a bite from a venomous bug, he expected bruises and marks, and Vale pinning him down to claim him.

Instead, a soft brush of lips at his neck, another below his jaw, and Vale stepped away.

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