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[therushingsky]

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[therushingsky]

nahhh not really i was an only child + they both loved me I had it good

they died when i was pretty young but i still got lucky

train me was screwed from day 1

[beejfu]

what was his deal?

[therushingsky]

full native train kid w/ zero memory of anyone ever admitting to being his family

he was a scavenger who figured out that people treat you better if they dont notice that ur starving


[Then, a knock on your door, Betelgeuse. He's outside.]

[beejfu]

[BJ leaps up from his couch and opens the door. He picks Rhys up in a hug, snuggling him]

[therushingsky]

[Rhys hugs him back tightly, wrapping his hands around Betelgeuse's shoulders to just squeeze as much heat and contact into him as he can.]

Hey. I'm sorry you had a bad week.

[beejfu]

I always have bad weeks. You're here! That's automatically better.

[he turns and carries Rhys into his weird cabin, dropping them both on the couch, bouncing a bit.]

[therushingsky]

[Rhys leans in to give Betelgeuse a kiss in the middle of his forehead as he's carried, laughing ever so slightly as they land together.]

Yeah. It's immediately better being back with you too.

[He gives Betelgeuse an adoring look, then leans in for another head kiss.]

[beejfu]

[Betelgeuse practically purrs, basking in the glow of Rhys' affection. Monogamy; he can do this! He keeps his hands to himself, only leaning his head against Rhys' shoulder. This is nice]

I didn't get to have sex as a human yet.

[therushingsky]

Yeah?

[Rhys replies, light and warm, trailing his fingers up the back of Betelgeuses's neck, teasingly.]

Jeeze, I'm surprised you haven't exploded already...

[beejfu]

[He gives a rough but excited laugh, shivering]

The heck was that?

[he's ticklish.]

[therushingsky]

[Rhys is surprised and delighted by this reaction.]

What? This?

[He asks, trailing his fingers teasingly over the sensitive skin just beneath Betelgeuse's ear.]

[beejfu]

[He sputters and jerks back suddenly, also very much surprised]

YES that!

[therushingsky]

Hey, fun things to find out about yourself: you're apparently kinda ticklish now!

[He decides to show mercy, and smooths his hands down Betelgeuse's back, before sliding his hands under the bottom hem of the other man's shirt.]

Does it feel nice?

[beejfu]

[He gives another involuntary shiver, looking at Rhys in a distrusting manner]

Yes. No.

It's weird.

[Which probably means yes]

[therushingsky]

[He trails his fingers under the hem of Betelgeuse's shirt, exploring the bare skin over small of the other man's back.]

It doesn't feel bad, but it makes you feel like you can't control your body, right?

[He smiles, watching the other man's expression.]

You're so cute. I could just watch your expression all day.

[beejfu]

[BJ gives a toothy grin, blushing as he struggles to sit still, sitting on his hands]

Aw, you.

Yeah. Yeah, that's it. That's the spot.

[His knee suddenly starts to jerk uncontrollably as he stares down, worried]

I keep forgetting I'm human sometimes. It's weird, you'd think since every experience is new, I'd be all over it, but you get used to this body REAL quick.

[therushingsky]

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure that's normal.

[He drops his hand to trail over that shuddering knee, just taking his time in showering the other man with small, soft caresses.]

I guess every experience is new once, but then it's a lot of repeating the same ones over and over just to stay alive.

[beejfu]

[He nods, watching in fascination at his own body as Rhys calms the shaking down]

Weird.

So wait, I can do that to you?

[His hands inch forward, interested in finding Rhys' ticklish bits]

[therushingsky]

Oh, it won't work on me, I'm not ticklish.

[Rhys says, but it's the lie of a man who has spent a long and fruitful life being tickled mercilessly by people.

He catches one of Betelgeuse's hands, determined to avoid being caught out.]

[beejfu]

[His hand is caught as he looks at Rhys' face, leering in that kind of demonic look that he gave before he was human]

SOMEthing tells me I shouldn't believe you.

[therushingsky]

[Rhys swallows, his heart pattering in his chest, but he doesn't let Betelgeuse go.]

Yeah, well, it doesn't matter, because I'm not going to let you try.

[beejfu]

That sounds like a challenge to me.

[he grins, and sits up with his legs moving under him, so that he's on his knees and a good head taller than Rhys.]

[therushingsky]

[Rhys shifts, laughing a little, as Betelgeuse reposition to loom over him.]

You sure you wanna try it? You're taking on the master here, and you only figured out being ticklish was a thing like, thirty seconds ago.

[He's already flexing the hand that isn't holding onto Betelgeuse, planning on snaking it in towards one of the million other places where the former demon might be ticklish...]

[beejfu]

IIII think I can handle a little torture. I WAS a demon, after all.

[He beams, searching Rhys' body for the most likely spot, before tackling him and going for the back of his knees]

[therushingsky]

That's not how I remember it.

[Rhys replies, managing to be glib for a while five seconds before Betelgeuse finds the back of his knees and a ticklish convulsion goes through him. He yelps, half laughing, half shrieking, and promptly kicks Betelgeuse in the head.]

Shit, sorry, sorry--

[It wasn't hard, and he's still breathless from the tickling, but even so. A head kick doesn't feel very sexy.]