[ It's an imperious gesture, but Geralt expects no pleases or I pray yous or if you woulds from the second son of a house this steeped in wealth. He steps close to the side of the bed, plants a hand on one of the carved-wood columns, and leans down, at least outwardly willing to indulge.
Then Sleipnir moves in, more brazen and presumptuous than he's been yet. He could have tilted his chin up, beckoned again for the usual conspicuous whisper in the ear — but he chose to let his breath hit Geralt's rough jaw, instead, a teasing taste of intimacy. He's aware of how pretty he is, patently, and how to use it. On someone less experienced, less used to this particular kind of bullshit, it might have even worked.
Geralt tilts his head mildly toward him, meeting his eyes and calling his bluff in the same motion. Now their lips could brush with an accidental shift, an adjustment of Geralt's footing or Sleipnir's position against his pillows. Geralt keeps very still, eyes flatly calm and sharp. ]
Wouldn't get much work if I had a reputation for talking after jobs like this.
[ He tips his chin, a prompt that briefly changes the air in the scant distance between them. ]
no subject
Then Sleipnir moves in, more brazen and presumptuous than he's been yet. He could have tilted his chin up, beckoned again for the usual conspicuous whisper in the ear — but he chose to let his breath hit Geralt's rough jaw, instead, a teasing taste of intimacy. He's aware of how pretty he is, patently, and how to use it. On someone less experienced, less used to this particular kind of bullshit, it might have even worked.
Geralt tilts his head mildly toward him, meeting his eyes and calling his bluff in the same motion. Now their lips could brush with an accidental shift, an adjustment of Geralt's footing or Sleipnir's position against his pillows. Geralt keeps very still, eyes flatly calm and sharp. ]
Wouldn't get much work if I had a reputation for talking after jobs like this.
[ He tips his chin, a prompt that briefly changes the air in the scant distance between them. ]
Go on.