Oh, yes. They certainly will. Little do they know... [ His fingers trail along his arm, up it, little spindly spider-fingers. ] that I have you right in my clutches. Is it so bad to disappear like that?
[ His chuckle is low in his throat, almost a scoff. Vergilius certainly thought he was, didn't he? Well, he'll indulge him in that, won't he? He's certainly vile enough to catch his attention, certainly the type that would kill men without a second thought. If Silco asked him to, as well.
Surely, he was terrible. Awful. To look at him like that, say things like he did, like there was something buried in the mud to discover and pull out.
Maybe it's foolish — it's still foolish, it always would be, he knows the price of trust, of intimacy — but still... his thoughts are circling like water in a drain, coming back around from that old fear, back around to the fact that he had him boxed in, pulling him closer, pressing kisses against his skin.
It makes him feel indulgent in foolishness. In keeping him around, seeing that look from him again. ]
Oh, it's such a high bar. [ He says, with his head dipping, to scrape teeth and a brush of his tongue against his neck. ] I suppose if you're going to spend time indulging this old criminal, you must be.
[ His chuckle is low in his throat, almost a scoff. Vergilius certainly thought he was, didn't he? Well, he'll indulge him in that, won't he? He's certainly vile enough to catch his attention, certainly the type that would kill men without a second thought. If Silco asked him to, as well.
Surely, he was terrible. Awful. To look at him like that, say things like he did, like there was something buried in the mud to discover and pull out.
Maybe it's foolish — it's still foolish, it always would be, he knows the price of trust, of intimacy — but still... his thoughts are circling like water in a drain, coming back around from that old fear, back around to the fact that he had him boxed in, pulling him closer, pressing kisses against his skin.
It makes him feel indulgent in foolishness. In keeping him around, seeing that look from him again. ]
Oh, it's such a high bar. [ He says, with his head dipping, to scrape teeth and a brush of his tongue against his neck. ] I suppose if you're going to spend time indulging this old criminal, you must be.
[ Something rumbles deep in Vergilius's chest, and that does something to him, makes his face pique with the slightest discoloration — a flush — and he swallowed back the way his breath wants to wheeze out a sound of pleasure at the sound of it. He bites it back, because of course he does. He responds instead with those fingers, finding the line of his shirt, to scrape at the edge of his flesh behind his shirt. ]
Is that what it is?
[ He calls it a punishment, maybe it is, the way he leans into him, kissing his skin down until he bites at it, sharp and just enough that it welts up red. Maybe it's a punishment for him, but he thinks it goes both ways, doesn't it?
Is it his punishment? Is it Vergilius's penance, to take something for once for himself? He remembered how he'd sounded talking about what he couldn't allow himself to have, yet here he was, taking. What a greedy, terrible monster, isn't he? Silco's fingers drift up, to brush against his scalp, rest at the base of his neck, nails digging in. It's not as sharp there, as it could be. Yet.
Is it punishment, or is the man marking him like some wild beast, taking what's his due?
Does he mind either way? ]
Are you going to remember where you leave them? [ His tone is more teasing than harsh. ] Even if I cover them?
[ It's as if he wants him to think about it, every time he sees him later. Remember. Silco is nothing if not thorough, he wouldn't say it unless he wanted him to. ]
Is that what it is?
[ He calls it a punishment, maybe it is, the way he leans into him, kissing his skin down until he bites at it, sharp and just enough that it welts up red. Maybe it's a punishment for him, but he thinks it goes both ways, doesn't it?
Is it his punishment? Is it Vergilius's penance, to take something for once for himself? He remembered how he'd sounded talking about what he couldn't allow himself to have, yet here he was, taking. What a greedy, terrible monster, isn't he? Silco's fingers drift up, to brush against his scalp, rest at the base of his neck, nails digging in. It's not as sharp there, as it could be. Yet.
Is it punishment, or is the man marking him like some wild beast, taking what's his due?
Does he mind either way? ]
Are you going to remember where you leave them? [ His tone is more teasing than harsh. ] Even if I cover them?
[ It's as if he wants him to think about it, every time he sees him later. Remember. Silco is nothing if not thorough, he wouldn't say it unless he wanted him to. ]
[ He hissed in response, his fingers tightened to grip into his hair automatically as if he could tug him free from his shoulder — he might be able to, if he let him — but he hardly struggles from it. It's a welcome blossom of pain, it stings, and he enjoys it. ]
Then you'd really be keeping me locked up, wouldn't you?
[ Maybe that wouldn't be so terrible, though it's an irrational little thought. Impossible, really. He knows that, Vergilius knows that, but just because it's irrational and unlikely doesn't mean it doesn't send a thrill down his spine. Makes him think that it's the first time he'd considered being idle as worthwhile.
He lets him tug him along, is it too willing? He'll take his pound of flesh in turn, of course. Take his due. Maybe it is inevitable that he would take what he wants and then some, he enjoys watching the man lose control, fall apart. Like that's a little secret he can take from the world, when he shatters just a little bit more, and Silco can hook his way in. Keep him coming back.
He might, he's done so now. He promises to do it again.
Hm. ]
I wonder... [ He says, his fingers tugging at his shirt in turn, fingers finding the places to tug it free. ] how many new scars I can leave you in return?
[ Like a jagged blade, he cuts back. ]
Then you'd really be keeping me locked up, wouldn't you?
[ Maybe that wouldn't be so terrible, though it's an irrational little thought. Impossible, really. He knows that, Vergilius knows that, but just because it's irrational and unlikely doesn't mean it doesn't send a thrill down his spine. Makes him think that it's the first time he'd considered being idle as worthwhile.
He lets him tug him along, is it too willing? He'll take his pound of flesh in turn, of course. Take his due. Maybe it is inevitable that he would take what he wants and then some, he enjoys watching the man lose control, fall apart. Like that's a little secret he can take from the world, when he shatters just a little bit more, and Silco can hook his way in. Keep him coming back.
He might, he's done so now. He promises to do it again.
Hm. ]
I wonder... [ He says, his fingers tugging at his shirt in turn, fingers finding the places to tug it free. ] how many new scars I can leave you in return?
[ Like a jagged blade, he cuts back. ]
[ Oh, it's very impossible. Silco could never be so idle, and he expects Vergilius would too — but just because it was impossible didn't mean there wasn't still the thrill at the thought of it, a little impossibility that could be made manifest between them like this, if not in reality. ]
Oh? [ It sounds half a laugh. ] Day in and day out? I'd never have to walk again, would I?
[ He'd almost say he couldn't imagine it from the man, chill though he was — but Silco thinks he's seen something the rest of them haven't. There's something like a fire burning in him, maybe deep in, buried beneath the layers of ice and reservation, but it burns all the same. He aims to chip it out, see how much it will burn, see if it's an inferno, see if he can wrest it out, and if it will burn back.
He falls back, his fingers not quite leaving the man, starting to peel off his shirt in return, aiming for more of those scars exposed, half so he can learn more of them, half because that sounds a challenge, and he wants to see if he can. ]
Don't be disappointed... [ He says against his lips, bites following. He shrugs his shirt over his shoulders. ] If I manage to leave new ones.
[ His lips quirk beneath his, a twitch of a shark's smile. ] I might have to get creative.
Oh? [ It sounds half a laugh. ] Day in and day out? I'd never have to walk again, would I?
[ He'd almost say he couldn't imagine it from the man, chill though he was — but Silco thinks he's seen something the rest of them haven't. There's something like a fire burning in him, maybe deep in, buried beneath the layers of ice and reservation, but it burns all the same. He aims to chip it out, see how much it will burn, see if it's an inferno, see if he can wrest it out, and if it will burn back.
He falls back, his fingers not quite leaving the man, starting to peel off his shirt in return, aiming for more of those scars exposed, half so he can learn more of them, half because that sounds a challenge, and he wants to see if he can. ]
Don't be disappointed... [ He says against his lips, bites following. He shrugs his shirt over his shoulders. ] If I manage to leave new ones.
[ His lips quirk beneath his, a twitch of a shark's smile. ] I might have to get creative.
[ He can sense it, the anger, but how can he not? He knows Vergilius still blames him for the vampirism, and well — hah, he'd given up that fight, hadn't he? — but what problem did it create? He's not one for affection or one for kindness. Anger, resentment, those are emotions he understands, that he can whip up, can feel them taken out on his skin in aching bruises and cuts. It's honest, anger.
He doesn't think he could afford for it to fester. He knows the price of what festering anger does. He bears those scars most of all, doesn't he? The anger doesn't stop him, either, does it? He still opened his door to him, he still signed a contract, and most of all, he still wrapped his fingers around him, "circumstances" or not. There's no hiding it now. They've both laid their hands out on the table — a split pot for the both of them. ]
Giving me free reign, are you?
[ Compared to Silco, he's big, a with a network of scars that he's already started piecing together, remembering this and that, the way they lace over muscle. His fingers start where he does remember starting, at the scars on his neck. They're no longer something he can dig into, open wounds, but even still, he starts there. Pressing, scratching, on a place where it started. ]
I warned you before, didn't I? That I could be creative.
[ Another of those little cards they'd been keeping tucked up their sleeves. He leaned in, chipped teeth scraping against his neck just so — a sharp, sucking kiss against that point on his neck, before he drug it down, his fingers already taking the lead, finding a line to follow, nails diverting with an imaginary line, cutting as if he could already add more. ]
He doesn't think he could afford for it to fester. He knows the price of what festering anger does. He bears those scars most of all, doesn't he? The anger doesn't stop him, either, does it? He still opened his door to him, he still signed a contract, and most of all, he still wrapped his fingers around him, "circumstances" or not. There's no hiding it now. They've both laid their hands out on the table — a split pot for the both of them. ]
Giving me free reign, are you?
[ Compared to Silco, he's big, a with a network of scars that he's already started piecing together, remembering this and that, the way they lace over muscle. His fingers start where he does remember starting, at the scars on his neck. They're no longer something he can dig into, open wounds, but even still, he starts there. Pressing, scratching, on a place where it started. ]
I warned you before, didn't I? That I could be creative.
[ Another of those little cards they'd been keeping tucked up their sleeves. He leaned in, chipped teeth scraping against his neck just so — a sharp, sucking kiss against that point on his neck, before he drug it down, his fingers already taking the lead, finding a line to follow, nails diverting with an imaginary line, cutting as if he could already add more. ]
[ He misses the fanged promise of ripping through skin, and taking what he wanted. Being a vampire had been a reminder of that satisfaction, of taking it. How much he'd missed it — even now he would have taken it readily, and not just for the warm flush of blood in his mouth. He missed easily breaking through skin, but what was this if not more of a challenge?
He says he is old and tough, and that is true, but Silco's from the Undercity, and he knows how to break old tough things down, doesn't he? He's survived off of worse when he was a boy.
He has nothing too sharp to use, just teeth and manicured nails, but he was creative, and driven. Pressed up against him, slotted like they simply fit against one another, he bit again, and again, leaving angry welts and bite marks, his lips following them up with only half-apologetic strokes of his tongue or lips, before he worried at his skin again, breaking through only barely, but enough that it draws a pleased note out of his throat. His fingers dug in at his ribs, as if he could hold him there, locked in. As if by his own strength, he could keep him here.
He wanted to see more, hear more of those moans slipping out. It's not...necessarily affection, that drives it, but Silco is complicated, and affection is a word that means so little. What he has is that connection, a terrible man — bigger, stronger, faster — who lets him peel back his skin and look beneath — opening his mouth and sounding like that, from just his attentions.
It makes him want to do it again, and again, and again, like he's ripping them out from him, draining them, and keeping them hidden and safe just for him to pull out and admire whenever he wants to. Unending greed, perhaps, but he has never really been satisfied. ]
He says he is old and tough, and that is true, but Silco's from the Undercity, and he knows how to break old tough things down, doesn't he? He's survived off of worse when he was a boy.
He has nothing too sharp to use, just teeth and manicured nails, but he was creative, and driven. Pressed up against him, slotted like they simply fit against one another, he bit again, and again, leaving angry welts and bite marks, his lips following them up with only half-apologetic strokes of his tongue or lips, before he worried at his skin again, breaking through only barely, but enough that it draws a pleased note out of his throat. His fingers dug in at his ribs, as if he could hold him there, locked in. As if by his own strength, he could keep him here.
He wanted to see more, hear more of those moans slipping out. It's not...necessarily affection, that drives it, but Silco is complicated, and affection is a word that means so little. What he has is that connection, a terrible man — bigger, stronger, faster — who lets him peel back his skin and look beneath — opening his mouth and sounding like that, from just his attentions.
It makes him want to do it again, and again, and again, like he's ripping them out from him, draining them, and keeping them hidden and safe just for him to pull out and admire whenever he wants to. Unending greed, perhaps, but he has never really been satisfied. ]
[ It's not a flood of blood, but the tang of it is still rife on his tongue, like metal, and he pursues it like it's water for a drowning man. Maybe it is, maybe just a scrap of something that he wants to take. He sucks yet another mark into him, leaving a trail of them along his neck, and Vergilius tries to bury the sound against his shoulder. He doesn't know what to make of that, of trying to hide it from him — he want to hear more of them, let them slip free.
He's opened himself up, by taking what he wants — such a dangerous thing, to even have it, such a dangerous thing to be alone with someone else, like this — that he wants these concessions too. He sucks another, just to the side, trying to draw him out, another prick of pain, another hard sharp bite against him. Is this punishment, or is it simply how monsters communicate? How they mark each other — a dark, insidious part of him wants it to be seen, for others to know that he had been taken.
Shifting, he opened up for him, gave him something to grind against, he was already stirring, a brush of friction drew a similar groan out from him, hot against exposed skin, his mouth moving down, aiming to find more, give him a pathway of marks that might not last (will not last) but he would remember just like Vergilius would remember his.
How much he wanted it, how much it was driving his thoughts into a spiral that he had it right now. Nothing lasted in his fingers, he knew that. But wasn't it good enough to leave these lasting, sharp marks. Was he leaving it just on his skin? How greedy, that he wanted to worm in. How lucky, that he was given a chance. ]
He's opened himself up, by taking what he wants — such a dangerous thing, to even have it, such a dangerous thing to be alone with someone else, like this — that he wants these concessions too. He sucks another, just to the side, trying to draw him out, another prick of pain, another hard sharp bite against him. Is this punishment, or is it simply how monsters communicate? How they mark each other — a dark, insidious part of him wants it to be seen, for others to know that he had been taken.
Shifting, he opened up for him, gave him something to grind against, he was already stirring, a brush of friction drew a similar groan out from him, hot against exposed skin, his mouth moving down, aiming to find more, give him a pathway of marks that might not last (will not last) but he would remember just like Vergilius would remember his.
How much he wanted it, how much it was driving his thoughts into a spiral that he had it right now. Nothing lasted in his fingers, he knew that. But wasn't it good enough to leave these lasting, sharp marks. Was he leaving it just on his skin? How greedy, that he wanted to worm in. How lucky, that he was given a chance. ]
Oh...
[ The words breathed against skin, he pulls away only to form a soft, quiet word, like he's surprised he can pull it out of him. It's like pulling a diamond out from the mine, something only he had worked so hard to find. He covets it. He wants to hide it away. He wants to find more of them. He's normally so level, difficult to rile up, and yet right now he's done it.
And it's his to hear. ]
That's good —
[ He moves his mouth, speaks words against already worried skin, taking to sucking a fresh red spot further down his chest, a companion to one of those scars, scraping his teeth against, it, still doggedly trying to break skin. Like he's a puzzle if he just tried to open him up just right. Could he, if he worked at it hard enough?
At the very least, he has the chance. ]
[ The words breathed against skin, he pulls away only to form a soft, quiet word, like he's surprised he can pull it out of him. It's like pulling a diamond out from the mine, something only he had worked so hard to find. He covets it. He wants to hide it away. He wants to find more of them. He's normally so level, difficult to rile up, and yet right now he's done it.
And it's his to hear. ]
That's good —
[ He moves his mouth, speaks words against already worried skin, taking to sucking a fresh red spot further down his chest, a companion to one of those scars, scraping his teeth against, it, still doggedly trying to break skin. Like he's a puzzle if he just tried to open him up just right. Could he, if he worked at it hard enough?
At the very least, he has the chance. ]
[ Careful, careful, because Silco would always offer that promise. Vergilius has already shared that well of guilt with him, he's seen it for what it is. Something that holds him back, that keeps hi from being the man he should be. He would offer him that promise in a heartbeat — he may yet one of these days — He thinks the man could do to be more selfish, to take what he wanted when he wants. He has all of that power, after all. Could he not take what he wants?
Doesn't he now? He tugs at his pants, opens him up, they're both exposed, and he hissed out a soft gasp at the release of pressure, cool air and warm skin against him. A sharp thrill runs through him, makes his fingers tighten at that — taking what he wants, it fills him with a surge of excitement and, yes, desire. Come down deeper, into this pit, his fingers and mouth beg. There's nothing but monsters here, and what are we but just that?
He muffles the gasp against his skin, mouth open, teeth and lips and tongue all finding spaces to worry over, moving to new space after new space. There's almost a breathless laugh huffed against his skin, when he says: ]
Don't tell me the inspection's over already.
[ He punctuated it with another sucking bite on his skin, closer to his sternum, that trail of bites and marks still ever inching lower, lower, lower. ]
Doesn't he now? He tugs at his pants, opens him up, they're both exposed, and he hissed out a soft gasp at the release of pressure, cool air and warm skin against him. A sharp thrill runs through him, makes his fingers tighten at that — taking what he wants, it fills him with a surge of excitement and, yes, desire. Come down deeper, into this pit, his fingers and mouth beg. There's nothing but monsters here, and what are we but just that?
He muffles the gasp against his skin, mouth open, teeth and lips and tongue all finding spaces to worry over, moving to new space after new space. There's almost a breathless laugh huffed against his skin, when he says: ]
Don't tell me the inspection's over already.
[ He punctuated it with another sucking bite on his skin, closer to his sternum, that trail of bites and marks still ever inching lower, lower, lower. ]
[ Oh, that made his mouth still on his sternum, mid-bite, his mouth half-open against him and his fingers still laced against his ribs like they could reach in. Hasn't even started — and his cock twitched at the prospect, pressed up against his stomach, against him. He wanted to continue down his path, memorize every scar and leave his own in his wake. He wanted to stop, and see where he would start. He wanted to rut against him until he felt that same wave of pleasure again.
He was greedy, selfish. He liked seeing it come out of this man too, taking instead of worrying about it. He'd thought, once, when they'd talked, that he'd almost gotten through to him, before he'd said something damning, that he didn't deserve it. That he didn't get to take what he wanted.
Well, now he had him beneath him, him, scarred and broken into pieces like he always was. Barely worth looking down on — that dirty little thing from the undercity, he'd hardly escaped it despite being better, working to do more — and he had pulled him out a little bit out of that malaise. He took his hand, bought into his goading, stole away here, and now he'd opened himself up to him. He let himself be selfish, take it. What more could he convince him to take?
Could he teach him to take more?
He shivered, another sucking bite onto his skin — but it worms into his brain, shivering, vibrating impatience. He tipped his head upward, focusing that blackened eye on him, a quirk of his lips around a mouthful of skin. ]
I could make you wait...
[ He murmured against his skin. His fingers pressed into the spaces between his ribs. ] Take my time...
Should I?
He was greedy, selfish. He liked seeing it come out of this man too, taking instead of worrying about it. He'd thought, once, when they'd talked, that he'd almost gotten through to him, before he'd said something damning, that he didn't deserve it. That he didn't get to take what he wanted.
Well, now he had him beneath him, him, scarred and broken into pieces like he always was. Barely worth looking down on — that dirty little thing from the undercity, he'd hardly escaped it despite being better, working to do more — and he had pulled him out a little bit out of that malaise. He took his hand, bought into his goading, stole away here, and now he'd opened himself up to him. He let himself be selfish, take it. What more could he convince him to take?
Could he teach him to take more?
He shivered, another sucking bite onto his skin — but it worms into his brain, shivering, vibrating impatience. He tipped his head upward, focusing that blackened eye on him, a quirk of his lips around a mouthful of skin. ]
I could make you wait...
[ He murmured against his skin. His fingers pressed into the spaces between his ribs. ] Take my time...
Should I?
[ Oh.
It's all so much. He wonders if Vergilius knows what those words are doing to him. His cock twitches between them, and the mouthful of flesh is dropped almost immediately.
That, that —
Can he imagine what that would do to him? Looking down at him with his lips around him, brushing back those bangs and looking at him while he does it? His legs almost instinctively spread a little bit, but his jaw slack gives away what he thinks about that. His fingers even twitch and relax against his ribs, unbidden. ]
Hah —
[ He breathed, against his skin, but he relented. How could he do anything but? ] — If you already have a plan, you should have just told me.
[ As if he would have stopped for any other playing around. He watched him with that half-unblinking stare, a flush across half his face, a twitch of his lips. He wanted to keep biting along his skin, he wanted him to fuck him raw, he wanted what he promised, too. How greedy was he, to want all of it all at once? ]
It's all so much. He wonders if Vergilius knows what those words are doing to him. His cock twitches between them, and the mouthful of flesh is dropped almost immediately.
That, that —
Can he imagine what that would do to him? Looking down at him with his lips around him, brushing back those bangs and looking at him while he does it? His legs almost instinctively spread a little bit, but his jaw slack gives away what he thinks about that. His fingers even twitch and relax against his ribs, unbidden. ]
Hah —
[ He breathed, against his skin, but he relented. How could he do anything but? ] — If you already have a plan, you should have just told me.
[ As if he would have stopped for any other playing around. He watched him with that half-unblinking stare, a flush across half his face, a twitch of his lips. He wanted to keep biting along his skin, he wanted him to fuck him raw, he wanted what he promised, too. How greedy was he, to want all of it all at once? ]
[ Holding down his legs is the wise move, with the way he felt his hips instinctively lift to meet him, fighting against his hands that could hold him down with little force. It's a tease that first taste of him, and Silco has to fight back from a rush of air, the wind rushing out of his lungs, all at once, like it had been stolen from him.
It has, really. And he let him do it, let him steal away to his rooms, slip in, and take this like it was a piece of him? He's letting him with little more protest than forceful, goading words.
Then again, he's not the only one, is he? He winds his fingers into the sheets, to grip them, to force himself not to reach out or surge forward, or maybe even stop him because it's too much. He wants him to get to do what he wants — relinquishing something that looks like control (even if it makes the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, even if it makes his brain start spinning irrationally) — so he does nothing to stop him, and forces himself to spread his legs for him. His lean, bony body spread out for him like a feast if he so wanted it, but he's already found what he wants, hasn't he? ]
Ah —
[ Had he thought he was going to say anything? He'd wanted to, something biting, or sharp, but it only devolved into another soft rush of gasped air, that seemed to devolve into a low hum of pleasure, and — ] — More, Vergilius —
[ Maybe they were both greedy. Selfish. That was ok, for monsters to just take, wasn't it? ]
It has, really. And he let him do it, let him steal away to his rooms, slip in, and take this like it was a piece of him? He's letting him with little more protest than forceful, goading words.
Then again, he's not the only one, is he? He winds his fingers into the sheets, to grip them, to force himself not to reach out or surge forward, or maybe even stop him because it's too much. He wants him to get to do what he wants — relinquishing something that looks like control (even if it makes the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, even if it makes his brain start spinning irrationally) — so he does nothing to stop him, and forces himself to spread his legs for him. His lean, bony body spread out for him like a feast if he so wanted it, but he's already found what he wants, hasn't he? ]
Ah —
[ Had he thought he was going to say anything? He'd wanted to, something biting, or sharp, but it only devolved into another soft rush of gasped air, that seemed to devolve into a low hum of pleasure, and — ] — More, Vergilius —
[ Maybe they were both greedy. Selfish. That was ok, for monsters to just take, wasn't it? ]
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