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privatematter) wrote in diversified2014-03-12 02:36 am
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Blessed by light and burden of shadows. [ closed ]
WHO Shannon Vaughn (privatematter), Eli Delacroix (aspectional).
WHAT Eli is an idiot; Shannon is curious. How exactly does D/s go down when you're not to the Having Sex stage in the relationship yet?
WHEN Late 1990. Seven months after Jumpscapades.
WHERE Shannon's place.
Shannon was anxious. Not in a bad way, but the anticipatory way that everyone got when something new and exciting was going up and there was no way it could go badly, but predicting the end outcome was almost impossible. It was a great feeling, but one that left Shannon feeling like a teen heading out to prom instead of a grown man getting ready to have fun with his boyfriend and potentially make some hilariously heartfelt gestures to express his trust in Eli. That was probably something he didn't do enough in general, actually.
Breakfast had been something simple. Pancakes, fresh cut fruit and sausage. Eli had come over pretty early to get ready, talking over the generalities of what they were going to do while the specifics were to wait for after they were done. Well, now they were done and sitting on the couch, and Shannon's leg was jiggling even under the hand he had placed on his knee to keep himself still. Lacey had wandered off after breakfast, stomach filled with her own food and presumably was napping on the foot of the bed in Shannon's room. Probably for the better, really.
"So," he said, ignoring the obvious tell he was giving off. If Eli took it for misapprehension, then Shannon was going to definitely lean over and smack him. "Where do we start?"
privatematter), Eli Delacroix (aspectional).WHAT Eli is an idiot; Shannon is curious. How exactly does D/s go down when you're not to the Having Sex stage in the relationship yet?
WHEN Late 1990. Seven months after Jumpscapades.
WHERE Shannon's place.
Shannon was anxious. Not in a bad way, but the anticipatory way that everyone got when something new and exciting was going up and there was no way it could go badly, but predicting the end outcome was almost impossible. It was a great feeling, but one that left Shannon feeling like a teen heading out to prom instead of a grown man getting ready to have fun with his boyfriend and potentially make some hilariously heartfelt gestures to express his trust in Eli. That was probably something he didn't do enough in general, actually.
Breakfast had been something simple. Pancakes, fresh cut fruit and sausage. Eli had come over pretty early to get ready, talking over the generalities of what they were going to do while the specifics were to wait for after they were done. Well, now they were done and sitting on the couch, and Shannon's leg was jiggling even under the hand he had placed on his knee to keep himself still. Lacey had wandered off after breakfast, stomach filled with her own food and presumably was napping on the foot of the bed in Shannon's room. Probably for the better, really.
"So," he said, ignoring the obvious tell he was giving off. If Eli took it for misapprehension, then Shannon was going to definitely lean over and smack him. "Where do we start?"
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It was a little awkward because he was still in his boxers, but there was nothing to be done about that right now. No, what Shannon really needed to do was sing. "Never gonna give you up," he started, voice a bit unsure but soon gaining balance. "Never gonna let you down."
He continued on, making his way to the guest room closet. His parents enjoyed the incense Shannon kept and tended to burn some whenever they would come to visit his place, so Shannon took to keeping it in the guest room so they could grab it without disturbing him while he was sleeping. He carefully pulled a jar of incense sticks and the tray from the shelf at the top and set it all down on the nightstand opposite Eli's side, while never breaking his stride with the song. "Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye..." With the book inside the nightstand drawer, he struck a match and made sure to light all the sticks equally, waited until he could feel the heat blossom at all the ends, then blew them out and arranged them. He returned to the bed while the soothing aroma began to float on the air, reaching out to check Eli's physical position.
As he finished the chorus, he paused in the song. "Okay?" he asked, simple and unspecific. Eli would take it any way he pleased and Shannon was all right with any answer he would receive. He just needed to make sure Eli was still in the moment.