Date: 2020-05-17 03:29 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Holland was blinking lazily, oddly content and calm where he was laying beside the younger man. One hand held his head, the other traced along one scar and then another.

But then bis brows rose in amusement and he murmured, "I can't believe you liked it."

Date: 2020-05-17 04:07 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Genuinely happy emotions being expressed are so foreign at this point that Holland doesn't react at first. But the sound is sweet, and the fact that it's coming from Kell of all people makes it mean more. Kell wasn't as jaded as he was, but he still wasn't a bubbly ray of sunshine either.

There was a comment on the tip of his tongue but the kiss gives him pause and he melts slowly into it. Leaning to make sure it lingers as long as possible.

"Kell," he sighs softly and reaches to cup the back of the others head, keeping him close, "If there is a way...yes. If there is not...you have to let me go."

Date: 2020-05-17 05:02 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Hope was a dangerous thing to have. Something he didn't allow himself. But in this moment, a small part of him wondered if it would hurt this time as much as it had all of the others.

Hollands eyes closed and he just rested there against Kell, matching their breaths; in, out, in, out, calm...

"Delilah wouldn't approve, you realize." And Delilah was...Kell was really hers. Whatever this was...it wouldn't leave this cabin. "Even if you did save me, she would find another reason to kill me off."

Date: 2020-05-17 05:17 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Holland gave Kell a look, "I'm not so weak that I couldn't survive Delilah." He was more than capable; more powerful and he had something neither of them had as much of: experience.

But he shifted and settled down a bit better on the cot beside Kell, pulling him closer so that he could get comfortable. Pillowing his head on his arm as he carded his fingers back through Kells hair, "We can try to think about this later. For now...just...stay right here. Unless you want me to go. They will notice I'm missing eventually."

Date: 2020-05-17 05:50 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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For the first time, Holland realized that their eyes were almost a mirror image. Where his black eye was on the left, Kells was his right and for some reason there was something he liked about that detail.

"Mm, I could. But we both know if I did, it would just make things worse. For all they know I could be trying to kill you," he murmured as his body moved on its own accord to gather the younger man closer against him, nosing into his red hair and breathing in the sweet scent of the Red.

"When the reality is quite the opposite at the moment," he breathed and even more tension bled out of his muscles, "I'll keep them out."

Date: 2020-05-17 06:24 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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“We can,” Holland says as he tangles them up better.

This is something he could get used to if he had the opportunity. Fingers toying with beautiful red hair, sweet scents, calming breaths, strength and softness at the same time.

Closing his eyes he nestled in, foreheads touching lightly, “Be a good boy and sleep for a while.”

Date: 2020-05-17 03:51 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Holland idly watches as Kell falls into sleep. His brow is relaxed, face soft, and Holland is surprised by the urge to protect him. Only this time he wanted it not by pushing him away. He wanted to keep him close, safe.

One hand absently traced a wave of red, the shell of an ear, forward over a cupids bow...

Sometime later, Holland awoke to a knocking on the door. No one would be able to get in but it didn't mean they wouldn't find a way.

Nudging Kell, he murmured, "Wake up baby boy, the door," then slipped away to pull on his clothes--at least the pieces that made the most sense. Perhaps he had come and stayed for conversation?

Date: 2020-05-17 04:28 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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On the contrary, Holland had no plans of going anywhere. First of all, he didn't want to get fully dressed, and second of all Kell was really the only one who could handle him--therefore being here was the safest option. And Kell could easily lie and say he wanted to keep an eye on him.

Once he was dressed enough, his brain briefly stuttered at the kiss before he sat back down on the cot like he had been sitting there for hours and not laying in it...naked...wrapped around...

Kell looked annoyingly adorable post nap, and Holland actually fought the urge to smile over it.

Date: 2020-05-17 06:41 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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It could use some work but that seemed to be enough.

Holland waited until the door was closed again before he murmured something to seal the door again. He didn't so much move, as beckon the other Antari back over.

He was too far away too quickly.

"Say you do save me, Kell..." he begins quietly, "Am I to be your dirty little secret? Sneaking between Londons in the middle of the night?"

Date: 2020-05-17 06:50 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Reaching for Kells hand, Holland stops him from fidgeting and tugs him into his lap. Both arms wrap around his waist and clasp there.

"I don't have to be a secret," he adds, "but there would be a lot of travel involved."

Date: 2020-05-17 07:09 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Unconsciously pulling Kells hips closer, he hummed quietly and rested his head against the others.

Being King was never his goal. He didn't want that. Would he step into that role and at least get the ball rolling? Definitely. But ultimately he just wanted...things to be better, easier, less broken.

The question startles him briefly and he has it in him to scoff.

"No," he replies easily, "and even if I did forbid you, Delilah would most definitely have my head for it."

He quiets, a seriousness falling over him before he continues, "No. I wouldn't deny you that connection. She is unbalanced, too sharp, too impulsive," he breathed, "but, you're good for each other."

Date: 2020-05-17 07:31 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Holland doesn't see it, but his fingers curl and fold to meet that lacing. The hold is both soft and strong and he closes his eyes upon realizing that he...is slowly allowing himself things that he thought he was too broken for before.

He didn't so much hope, as wish that this could continue. Somewhere not on a rocky sea in a stupid boat in the middle of almost no where.

"...and I hate ships."

Date: 2020-05-17 07:40 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] almostking
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Holland couldn't exactly run away from it, at least. Not without tossing Kell right onto his ass or something overly dramatic. And it was nice. The touch.

But he can feel the amusement radiating off of Kell and he frowns, brow furrowing with the start of an argument but what comes next is actually very true.

However, Holland considers Kell more...in line with him than anyone.

"If I never have to be on another ship, I would not be at all disappointed."

Ships were horrible things. Rocky, sick machines. Even now, just thinking about it his stomach was getting more uneasy.

"Be careful with Delilah. She wields magic without any thought or hesitation and her control is utter garbage," he scoffs and tips his head back against the cabin wall, "She bites off more than she can chew."

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