And this is the center of the matter between them. That there are no
shields, no guardedness, they are always only too aware of the other's
emotions and vulnerabilities... and nevertheless must sometimes disagree,
must sometimes hurt. With no other but Nighteyes has Fitz had anything
resembling this kind of closeness.
The Fool's fingers trail down his face, then across his lips. Fitz catches
his wrist very lightly once again before he can turn away.
He wonders at himself.
With his knowledge of both the Fool's soul and his body, with the wholeness
that the Fool's presence brings him, with the fire stirred in his blood by
the Fool's presence... how can he claim that there is no desire?
He knows enough of himself and of different forms of love, these days, to
know that it need not be limited as he had assumed in his youth. He knows
enough of general society's misguided ignorance about something which is
seemingly 'wrong', which deviates from the norm.
To love one such as the Fool, who defies norms, and to desire him?
...is not difficult.
He swallows, then turns the Fool's hand over in his. He places a kiss in
the very center of the Fool's palm. "If it would not hurt you further, I
would give you more to remember."
On 23 January 2018 at 03:25, afoolsgold - DW Comment <dw_null@dreamwidth.org</p>
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And this is the center of the matter between them. That there are no shields, no guardedness, they are always only too aware of the other's emotions and vulnerabilities... and nevertheless must sometimes disagree, must sometimes hurt. With no other but Nighteyes has Fitz had anything resembling this kind of closeness.
The Fool's fingers trail down his face, then across his lips. Fitz catches his wrist very lightly once again before he can turn away.
He wonders at himself.
With his knowledge of both the Fool's soul and his body, with the wholeness that the Fool's presence brings him, with the fire stirred in his blood by the Fool's presence... how can he claim that there is no desire?
He knows enough of himself and of different forms of love, these days, to know that it need not be limited as he had assumed in his youth. He knows enough of general society's misguided ignorance about something which is seemingly 'wrong', which deviates from the norm.
To love one such as the Fool, who defies norms, and to desire him?
...is not difficult.
He swallows, then turns the Fool's hand over in his. He places a kiss in the very center of the Fool's palm. "If it would not hurt you further, I would give you more to remember."
On 23 January 2018 at 03:25, afoolsgold - DW Comment <dw_null@dreamwidth.org</p>