Her Mantle Is Love
- Thread starter Evenstar
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[X] Go to bed early and try to get a good sleep for once.
Bandwagon but yeah, I don't think we can do much good for ourselves as we are currently.
Also, just caught up and Elissandra might have one of my favorite introductions ever. Just that voice lilt caught me so off guard that she got a distinct mental voice then and there.
Probably should be commenting on the emotional investment/exhaustion I've gotten getting here but nope! I'd rather compliment the fact that I've never seen anything else actually have characters draw out words in a way that feels authentic and endearing because I don't have the words for much else right now.
Bandwagon but yeah, I don't think we can do much good for ourselves as we are currently.
Also, just caught up and Elissandra might have one of my favorite introductions ever. Just that voice lilt caught me so off guard that she got a distinct mental voice then and there.
Probably should be commenting on the emotional investment/exhaustion I've gotten getting here but nope! I'd rather compliment the fact that I've never seen anything else actually have characters draw out words in a way that feels authentic and endearing because I don't have the words for much else right now.
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
[X] Go to bed early and try to get a good sleep for once.
We're about to really stress our body physically, so let's get rest while we can.
We're about to really stress our body physically, so let's get rest while we can.
Comfiness
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Now, you suppose, you had better go to bed. You're going to have a very, very long day tomorrow.
You wander back towards your room through the temple's quiet halls. A light rain has started to fall outside, enveloping the entire building in its gentle sigh. The floor creaks and cracks beneath your feet, the groans and shifts of old wood settling into place.
One of the covered walkways is open to the air: you take a moment, and look out at the sodden flowers, leaning your elbows on the weathered handrail.
Is this what being a priestess is like? No, you know what that is, you've been doing it for years. This... isn't anything like that. Maybe a little, it's still your duties, but - that's not what's happening, here. That's not what's going on.
You find yourself staring at your phone, turning it over and over in your hands. It's smooth and hard, almost comforting in a strange way. Like a worry-stone.
... Is this what being in love is like?
You've had crushes before. Goddess, you've had crushes before, you've had enough crushes to sink a yacht. But - you - were you ever - ?
Were you ever really in love, before now?
The corner of your mouth quirks up, and you look down into the rainsoaked earth, rubbing your forehead with the heel of your palm. Goddess, if you've gone fiftysomeoddyears as a fucking fertility priestess and never found love before this, what on earth were you doing wrong?
You sigh, and take a steadying breath. It's filled with the scent of petrichor and roses, with just a trace of cinnamon-sweet courtesan's perfume.
Despite yourself, you feel a little of the tension going from your shoulders.
You look down at your phone, and before you can stop yourself you've typed in Thistle's number. You only hesitate a moment before pressing 'call.'
You hold the phone up to your ear, and listen. One ring, two rings, thr-
"- Eli? Is something wrong?" Thistle's voice sounds worried.
You smile, and nestle the phone into your shoulder. "- No, nothing at all. Well - maybe a little.
Another long day, supplicants getting the best of me, I might have - hurt Portia, not being as careful as I should be..."
"... go on?"
"...I just seem to - I ended up having sex with Melody, she's a Muse, and very attractive, I sort of - stumbled into it - and so I was indiscreet about it, and that hurt Portia? Because, we were supposed to - I was supposed to teach her how to do bondage properly, but instead I went and I had sex with someone else?"
"- oh, she's the one you had your accident with isn't she? Portia, not Melody."
You wince, and adjust the phone where it's digging into your shoulder. "... yeah. Yeah, she was. I'm supposed to be teaching these people how to be proper priestesses and instead I'm fucking up, and the - the whole Rite thing is tomorrow, it's crazy -"
"Tomorrow? Eli. What day is it."
You blink.
"...frrrriiiiiday?"
"Not yet it isn't, or I would be there right now, hugging you! It's still only Thursday, you silly elf!"
You blink. - is that? Uh, you were Kissed by Liath.... day before yesterday, so Wednesday? And then yesterday you had the BDSM fuckup with Portia -
Wait, no, that was all one day. It just felt like two days because you slept for like four hours in the middle of it. And then today you talked in the garden and had the fuckup with Melody, which means today is... Thursday.
"Hello? Thistle to Sunflower, come in Sunflower?"
You blush. "- Uh, yeah, that's right, I just - I had a really long day yesterday, I guess I thought it counted as two or something -"
Thistle giggles in your ear, tinny though your phone's tiny speaker. "Silly elf! Silly, silly elf! Does that help with your stress levels a bit, hey, Miss Elf?"
You smile despite yourself, and let out a breath you didn't know you'd been holding. "- Yeah. Yeah, it does. I don't - have to get up in eight hours and fuck twentyish people in a row. Half of them that I haven't even met. And - I'll get to hug you before then. That matters."
You can hear Thistle's smile through the phone line. "Yeah. Yeah, I get that. Just a little extra time can mean the whole world sometimes, can't it?" She sounds - almost nostalgic?
"Yeah, it can. It definitely can."
"So, Eli, what are you doing right now?"
You blink. "Uh, I'm looking at one of the temple gardens and listening to the rain. It's... nice? Even though it's starting to get cold, the sun's set, I like the smell of the rain and the flowers and the temple. It smells... comforting?"
"Like home?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Mhm."
You both lapse into silence for a moment, but it's not awkward at all. It just feels like... being together.
"Thistle?", you say.
"Mhm?"
"You're lovely. Thank you for being mine."
"Hey, since when am I yours?!"
"- I, um - you said foreverrrr?"
A little 'smooch' noise touches your ear, and you blush scarlet instantly.
"W-what was that for???"
"For being so easy to tease, Eli. It's really, really cute."
... Your blush is only getting deeper.
"So, did you have any plans for the rest of the evening, cutie elf?"
You hummmm into the phone, glad that Thistle can't see you right now. "Well, um - I was planning to just go to bed, but now that I don't have to be up early for a Rite I'm really tempted to just talk to you some more. Let me just - get back to my rooms, okay?"
"Okay, Sunflower." She hums softly back, her soft, clear voice sending shivers down your spine. "What did you wanna talk about?"
"Um," you say. "Well, uh. I don't actually know a lot about you, except that you used to be an adventuress, that you work night security at a museum, and that you apparently spent all your adventuring money on escorts? And you like to tease me, but you also squirm deliciously when I run my fingers down the back of your neck -"
"God, Sunflower, don't even say it, I'll start imagining it and then we'll end up having another phonesex session -"
"And what's wrong with that?", you tease. "You seemed to enjoy the last one."
Thistle snorts. "Yeah, and what was the point of this conversation, again?"
"... okay, you do have a point there. Though, uh - I was meaning to ask you a maybe invasive question?"
"... go on?"
"- if you've slept around a lot, then, uh - "
"Like I said, I frequented a particular establishment - "
"Headed by Ishaza, yeah, I didn't forget."
She coughs. "Uh, yes, continue?"
"- what I'm meaning to say, is - If you're a - if you've - if you're experienced, then do you have any kinks?"
"Sunflower. You asked me that just last night."
You blush. "Um. I - I guess hair-pulling and lingerie and teasing and petting don't really register on my kinkometer. I remember... Exhibitionism? And of course you wanted that threesome, I didn't even - I'm going to have to arrange that, obviously - but, uh, yeah. I was wondering if you... wanted to share anything else?"
Thistle hummmms. "Well, I'm not really a masochist or a sadist, tried it and it didn't work out... and everything else is... really embarrassing to say."
"Oh, are you into that?" You quirk an eyebrow.
"- noooooooo, but I could be? I - I am very definitely a sub, Eli. If you're into that, it'd be hot just because it would be proof I was - being a good girl for you?"
You smile. " - are you imagining wearing my collar, Thistle?"
"...I wasn't until now, Sunflower, but, uh..."
You giggle despite yourself, and Thistle makes a little squeaky noise on the other end of the phone. "Eli!!!!"
You wiggle a little on your elbows, and swap the phone in your hand to your other ear. "What? What is it, cute little shadow girl?"
"You can't just do things like giggle at me! That's against the rules!"
"- there are rules?"
"... okay, fair. So then - Do you have any kinks, miss elf?"
You blink. You... actually haven't told Thistle them, have you?"
"Well, I'm into breeding, obviously..."
"Mhm?"
"And I'm a bit of a masochist..."
"Yeah?"
"And, I, um. I like to tease, and to be teased. I'm a switch?"
"Yeah? Come on, tell me something I don't know already."
"Um... I like exotic cocks...?"
"Oooooooooo," says Thistle.
"oooooooo?"
"- I also blew a lot of my loot on sex toys. Interesting sex toys. Really high quality ones, too."
"... Damn, girl, and I thought I had a libido - "
"Hey, just 'cause I'm a shadow girl doesn't mean I have to run cold! I have needs!"
"Needs that only a four-foot-long dragon dong can satisfy?"
"Uhhhhh, I wouldn't go that far, but, um, right genre. Did you want me to, um, bring something for our date?"
"- Flowers," you say. "Bring me flowers."
"... HOW ARE YOU THAT SMOOTH?", Thistle complains. "I'm trying to ask you what sex toys from my collection to bring and YOU HAVE TO GO AND AMBUSH ME WITH FLOWERS. You're just BLATANTLY UNFAIR, Eli. You - you - you!!!!"
She trails off into the most adorable whine you've ever heard.
That doesn't mean you're going to let up, though! "So that's a no on the flowers, then?"
"Get them yourself! Get me flowers, if you want them so much!" She breaks up into giggles, and you can hear sheets rustling - she must still be in bed?
"If you insist, miss Thistle," you demur. "It's only right that the cutest girl in the world should get a gift as pretty as her!"
"I SWEAR, Eli, if you were here I would boof you with a pllow right in the face!"
"Good thing I'm not, then, huh?"
"YEAH, BUT YOUR UNBOOFED DAYS ARE NUMBERED."
"Oh no, whatever will I do?"
"Whatever will you do indeed! Horrible unreasonable elf!"
You grin. "I blame Ishaza."
"Yeah, blame the tiefling, that's a sound strategy."
"Always seemed to work for me before!"
"- Did I ever tell you about the time I got stuck in a dragon's lair for two weeks straight and had to live off its body heat?"
You blink. "- no, how does that relate?"
"Long story. Wanna hear it?"
"Please?"
------
Eventually, you really do have to go to sleep. With a final goodnight and a whispered "sweet dreams", you turn off your phone and set it on your bedside table.
You're going to get to see Thistle tomorrow...
You daydream about that for a little while, and before you know it, you're sound asleep.
You wander back towards your room through the temple's quiet halls. A light rain has started to fall outside, enveloping the entire building in its gentle sigh. The floor creaks and cracks beneath your feet, the groans and shifts of old wood settling into place.
One of the covered walkways is open to the air: you take a moment, and look out at the sodden flowers, leaning your elbows on the weathered handrail.
Is this what being a priestess is like? No, you know what that is, you've been doing it for years. This... isn't anything like that. Maybe a little, it's still your duties, but - that's not what's happening, here. That's not what's going on.
You find yourself staring at your phone, turning it over and over in your hands. It's smooth and hard, almost comforting in a strange way. Like a worry-stone.
... Is this what being in love is like?
You've had crushes before. Goddess, you've had crushes before, you've had enough crushes to sink a yacht. But - you - were you ever - ?
Were you ever really in love, before now?
The corner of your mouth quirks up, and you look down into the rainsoaked earth, rubbing your forehead with the heel of your palm. Goddess, if you've gone fiftysomeoddyears as a fucking fertility priestess and never found love before this, what on earth were you doing wrong?
You sigh, and take a steadying breath. It's filled with the scent of petrichor and roses, with just a trace of cinnamon-sweet courtesan's perfume.
Despite yourself, you feel a little of the tension going from your shoulders.
You look down at your phone, and before you can stop yourself you've typed in Thistle's number. You only hesitate a moment before pressing 'call.'
You hold the phone up to your ear, and listen. One ring, two rings, thr-
"- Eli? Is something wrong?" Thistle's voice sounds worried.
You smile, and nestle the phone into your shoulder. "- No, nothing at all. Well - maybe a little.
Another long day, supplicants getting the best of me, I might have - hurt Portia, not being as careful as I should be..."
"... go on?"
"...I just seem to - I ended up having sex with Melody, she's a Muse, and very attractive, I sort of - stumbled into it - and so I was indiscreet about it, and that hurt Portia? Because, we were supposed to - I was supposed to teach her how to do bondage properly, but instead I went and I had sex with someone else?"
"- oh, she's the one you had your accident with isn't she? Portia, not Melody."
You wince, and adjust the phone where it's digging into your shoulder. "... yeah. Yeah, she was. I'm supposed to be teaching these people how to be proper priestesses and instead I'm fucking up, and the - the whole Rite thing is tomorrow, it's crazy -"
"Tomorrow? Eli. What day is it."
You blink.
"...frrrriiiiiday?"
"Not yet it isn't, or I would be there right now, hugging you! It's still only Thursday, you silly elf!"
You blink. - is that? Uh, you were Kissed by Liath.... day before yesterday, so Wednesday? And then yesterday you had the BDSM fuckup with Portia -
Wait, no, that was all one day. It just felt like two days because you slept for like four hours in the middle of it. And then today you talked in the garden and had the fuckup with Melody, which means today is... Thursday.
"Hello? Thistle to Sunflower, come in Sunflower?"
You blush. "- Uh, yeah, that's right, I just - I had a really long day yesterday, I guess I thought it counted as two or something -"
Thistle giggles in your ear, tinny though your phone's tiny speaker. "Silly elf! Silly, silly elf! Does that help with your stress levels a bit, hey, Miss Elf?"
You smile despite yourself, and let out a breath you didn't know you'd been holding. "- Yeah. Yeah, it does. I don't - have to get up in eight hours and fuck twentyish people in a row. Half of them that I haven't even met. And - I'll get to hug you before then. That matters."
You can hear Thistle's smile through the phone line. "Yeah. Yeah, I get that. Just a little extra time can mean the whole world sometimes, can't it?" She sounds - almost nostalgic?
"Yeah, it can. It definitely can."
"So, Eli, what are you doing right now?"
You blink. "Uh, I'm looking at one of the temple gardens and listening to the rain. It's... nice? Even though it's starting to get cold, the sun's set, I like the smell of the rain and the flowers and the temple. It smells... comforting?"
"Like home?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Mhm."
You both lapse into silence for a moment, but it's not awkward at all. It just feels like... being together.
"Thistle?", you say.
"Mhm?"
"You're lovely. Thank you for being mine."
"Hey, since when am I yours?!"
"- I, um - you said foreverrrr?"
A little 'smooch' noise touches your ear, and you blush scarlet instantly.
"W-what was that for???"
"For being so easy to tease, Eli. It's really, really cute."
... Your blush is only getting deeper.
"So, did you have any plans for the rest of the evening, cutie elf?"
You hummmm into the phone, glad that Thistle can't see you right now. "Well, um - I was planning to just go to bed, but now that I don't have to be up early for a Rite I'm really tempted to just talk to you some more. Let me just - get back to my rooms, okay?"
"Okay, Sunflower." She hums softly back, her soft, clear voice sending shivers down your spine. "What did you wanna talk about?"
"Um," you say. "Well, uh. I don't actually know a lot about you, except that you used to be an adventuress, that you work night security at a museum, and that you apparently spent all your adventuring money on escorts? And you like to tease me, but you also squirm deliciously when I run my fingers down the back of your neck -"
"God, Sunflower, don't even say it, I'll start imagining it and then we'll end up having another phonesex session -"
"And what's wrong with that?", you tease. "You seemed to enjoy the last one."
Thistle snorts. "Yeah, and what was the point of this conversation, again?"
"... okay, you do have a point there. Though, uh - I was meaning to ask you a maybe invasive question?"
"... go on?"
"- if you've slept around a lot, then, uh - "
"Like I said, I frequented a particular establishment - "
"Headed by Ishaza, yeah, I didn't forget."
She coughs. "Uh, yes, continue?"
"- what I'm meaning to say, is - If you're a - if you've - if you're experienced, then do you have any kinks?"
"Sunflower. You asked me that just last night."
You blush. "Um. I - I guess hair-pulling and lingerie and teasing and petting don't really register on my kinkometer. I remember... Exhibitionism? And of course you wanted that threesome, I didn't even - I'm going to have to arrange that, obviously - but, uh, yeah. I was wondering if you... wanted to share anything else?"
Thistle hummmms. "Well, I'm not really a masochist or a sadist, tried it and it didn't work out... and everything else is... really embarrassing to say."
"Oh, are you into that?" You quirk an eyebrow.
"- noooooooo, but I could be? I - I am very definitely a sub, Eli. If you're into that, it'd be hot just because it would be proof I was - being a good girl for you?"
You smile. " - are you imagining wearing my collar, Thistle?"
"...I wasn't until now, Sunflower, but, uh..."
You giggle despite yourself, and Thistle makes a little squeaky noise on the other end of the phone. "Eli!!!!"
You wiggle a little on your elbows, and swap the phone in your hand to your other ear. "What? What is it, cute little shadow girl?"
"You can't just do things like giggle at me! That's against the rules!"
"- there are rules?"
"... okay, fair. So then - Do you have any kinks, miss elf?"
You blink. You... actually haven't told Thistle them, have you?"
"Well, I'm into breeding, obviously..."
"Mhm?"
"And I'm a bit of a masochist..."
"Yeah?"
"And, I, um. I like to tease, and to be teased. I'm a switch?"
"Yeah? Come on, tell me something I don't know already."
"Um... I like exotic cocks...?"
"Oooooooooo," says Thistle.
"oooooooo?"
"- I also blew a lot of my loot on sex toys. Interesting sex toys. Really high quality ones, too."
"... Damn, girl, and I thought I had a libido - "
"Hey, just 'cause I'm a shadow girl doesn't mean I have to run cold! I have needs!"
"Needs that only a four-foot-long dragon dong can satisfy?"
"Uhhhhh, I wouldn't go that far, but, um, right genre. Did you want me to, um, bring something for our date?"
"- Flowers," you say. "Bring me flowers."
"... HOW ARE YOU THAT SMOOTH?", Thistle complains. "I'm trying to ask you what sex toys from my collection to bring and YOU HAVE TO GO AND AMBUSH ME WITH FLOWERS. You're just BLATANTLY UNFAIR, Eli. You - you - you!!!!"
She trails off into the most adorable whine you've ever heard.
That doesn't mean you're going to let up, though! "So that's a no on the flowers, then?"
"Get them yourself! Get me flowers, if you want them so much!" She breaks up into giggles, and you can hear sheets rustling - she must still be in bed?
"If you insist, miss Thistle," you demur. "It's only right that the cutest girl in the world should get a gift as pretty as her!"
"I SWEAR, Eli, if you were here I would boof you with a pllow right in the face!"
"Good thing I'm not, then, huh?"
"YEAH, BUT YOUR UNBOOFED DAYS ARE NUMBERED."
"Oh no, whatever will I do?"
"Whatever will you do indeed! Horrible unreasonable elf!"
You grin. "I blame Ishaza."
"Yeah, blame the tiefling, that's a sound strategy."
"Always seemed to work for me before!"
"- Did I ever tell you about the time I got stuck in a dragon's lair for two weeks straight and had to live off its body heat?"
You blink. "- no, how does that relate?"
"Long story. Wanna hear it?"
"Please?"
------
Eventually, you really do have to go to sleep. With a final goodnight and a whispered "sweet dreams", you turn off your phone and set it on your bedside table.
You're going to get to see Thistle tomorrow...
You daydream about that for a little while, and before you know it, you're sound asleep.
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Good Morning
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
You wake up slowly, gently, feeling safe and warm. Someone is... petting you...?
A note of alarm catches in the back of your mind, and you lift your head groggily: Thistle snatches her hand away like she was caught dipping into the cookie jar.
"S-sorry," she says, blushing deeply. "I - I really should've asked, especially after -"
You flop your head back onto the pillow, letting out an exasperated sigh. "Yeah. Yeah, you should've. But... it's okay."
"- really?"
"Yeah." You pull the covers closer to your face to hide your own blush.
She tangles one hand in your hair again, her fingertips cool and soft against your scalp. "I - I just saw you sleeping, and I - you were so cute, I couldn't really resist..."
"Mhm."
"... but that could've been a real shock for you, Eli, I'm sorry..."
"Mhm."
"Are you angry with me?"
You shake your head the tiniest fraction. "mm-mm."
"Just enjoying being petted?"
You just press your head back against her fingertips.
"Okay," she says, and digs in her fingernails.
Goooooshhhhh. Skritches.
A while later, you ask - "How did you, mmm, even get in here, anyway?"
"Kumi lent me a key," she says. "I get the impression she wasn't strictly supposed to have it, but..."
"Mmmmmmmhm. Kumi."
She giggles. "Kumi!"
You both smile, though yours is hidden by blankets.
"So," she says. "Am I just going to sit on the edge of your bed petting you all day, or were we going to do something?"
"Mmmmm," you say. "Well, ummmmm..."
You yawn. "... sorry, what?"
She giggles. "Nothing important."
Another short eternity passes, nothing but the feeling of Thistle's hands in your hair and the warm comfort of bed... and then, finally, you have to get up to pee.
"mmmh," you complain. "Scootch over."
Thistle shifts down the bed obligingly, and you sit up, hugging your sheet to your breasts. "Mm. Get off my sheet, bathroom."
She blinks. "- sorry, I don't -? "
You just sigh, and swing your legs over to stand up. If Thistle wants to ogle you she can: you just need to pee.
"Bathroom," you say.
"- Oh," she says. "right."
"Back soon."
"Mhm."
"Gonna take a shower too. Don't mind waiting?"
"Nope!", she chirps.
"'kay."
-----
You step out of the bathroom again with a towel wrapped around you, and find Thistle still sitting on your bed, a smile on her face.
"I like your rooms," she says, still looking over at your violin on its stand. "They're cozy, and very - you."
You blink. You'd never really thought of the priestess' suite as being a place that you... owned, exactly? It was always a bit of an entertaining space, but you guess that your personality might have rubbed off on it a little anyways.
"Mm?", you say.
Thistle looks over at you. "Yeah, it's got the - "
You look at her.
"- you even wear it while you sleep?", she asks.
"wha - oh." Your fingers find the sunflower pendant at your throat, and you blush deeply. "Y-yeah. Of course."
She's blushing just as much as you, now. Her lips form an 'o' as she mouths a silent 'gosh'.
"I love you, " you say. It seems like the thing to do.
She nods, not quite able to meet your gaze. "You really do, don't you?"
"Mhm," you say, and step in. Your hand touches her chin, tilts it up towards you: you lean in, and kiss her.
Her lips are soft.
"I love you too," she says.
... You don't know what to say to that, so you just kiss her again.
When you pull away again, your towel falls off.
"- Ack!"
Squatting down, you cover your breasts with one hand, gathering up your lost towel with the other. You blush, horribly.
Thistle giggles. "What are you doing, Sunflower? It's not as if I've never seen you naked before."
You flush. "It's different with you! You're - I care what you think, Thistle. You're not like my - other clients. - fuck, did I really just say that."
She smiles. "I bet you tell all the cute shadow girls that."
You stand, still holding the towel in front of you. "Yeah, actually, seeing as I only know one..."
Thistle nods understandingly. "I see, I see. Only one shadow girl, or only one cute shadow girl?"
"Only one shadow girl I'm in love with," you say, batting aside the bait. "Now either take your clothes off or let me put mine on, miss. You've caused quite enough trouble for me this morning already!"
She bites her lip, and looks down into her lap. "Um," she says. "Ummmmmmm."
You raise an eyebrow. "Hard decision?"
"Mhm." Her gaze flicks up along your body, then darts away. "...You're really hot, but I want to do things that aren't sex with you too, Sunflower..."
You sit down on the bed next to her, and neatly fold the towel up in your lap. "Any suggestions?"
To her credit, Thistle manages not to stare at your bare breasts. "Um," she says. "Weren't you going to give me a tour of the temple?"
You hum softly. "Does that make this a date, then?"
Her brow furrows. "Mmm. I guess so, yeah." She shrugs.
You kiss her shoulder, and nod.
She huffs, crossing her arms in a mock pout. "Elisandraaa! What was I just saying? And, anyway - shouldn't you be saving that for the Rite tomorrow?"
"... right now," you say, "I just want to feel treasured and loved."
"And hairpetting isn't enough?"
"- wrong kind of treasured. I want to be... trusted? To know what's right? I want to... be in control?"
Thistle... nods, slowly. "Okay. Okay, I get that. Do you want to - have that with me?"
"Yeah," you say. "I do."
"You want me to submit to you?"
"Mhm."
"... I could do that for you, Eli..."
You let out a frustrated sigh. " - no, not that way - "
Thistle blinks, and looks at you. "- sorry, what?"
"- I don't want you to submit to me out of pity, Thistle, I want to earn it. I want to feel like all my courtesan training didn't go to waste."
"Oh," she says. " - I trust you, Sunflower. I don't think you're a bad priestess."
"...really?"
She nods. "You love me. You'd never hurt me."
"- even by accident?"
Her hand finds yours, and squeezes it. "Not even by accident."
"...okay," you say. "You don't have to prove it."
"... honestly, now I kind of want to," she admits.
You take a breath.
[ ] "- No, you really don't have to. I believe you. You don't have to - pretend you're interested, love. This wasn't even supposed to be a date."
[ ] "- No, that's okay. I believe you. And - I want to do other things with you too, Thistle. Date things. I want to share my whole life with you, you know, and - we still hardly know each other properly, at least outside the bedroom?"
[ ] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."
[ ] "...if you're sure, I guess we could... do something...?"
[ ] "Then get down on your knees for me, Thistle."
A note of alarm catches in the back of your mind, and you lift your head groggily: Thistle snatches her hand away like she was caught dipping into the cookie jar.
"S-sorry," she says, blushing deeply. "I - I really should've asked, especially after -"
You flop your head back onto the pillow, letting out an exasperated sigh. "Yeah. Yeah, you should've. But... it's okay."
"- really?"
"Yeah." You pull the covers closer to your face to hide your own blush.
She tangles one hand in your hair again, her fingertips cool and soft against your scalp. "I - I just saw you sleeping, and I - you were so cute, I couldn't really resist..."
"Mhm."
"... but that could've been a real shock for you, Eli, I'm sorry..."
"Mhm."
"Are you angry with me?"
You shake your head the tiniest fraction. "mm-mm."
"Just enjoying being petted?"
You just press your head back against her fingertips.
"Okay," she says, and digs in her fingernails.
Goooooshhhhh. Skritches.
A while later, you ask - "How did you, mmm, even get in here, anyway?"
"Kumi lent me a key," she says. "I get the impression she wasn't strictly supposed to have it, but..."
"Mmmmmmmhm. Kumi."
She giggles. "Kumi!"
You both smile, though yours is hidden by blankets.
"So," she says. "Am I just going to sit on the edge of your bed petting you all day, or were we going to do something?"
"Mmmmm," you say. "Well, ummmmm..."
You yawn. "... sorry, what?"
She giggles. "Nothing important."
Another short eternity passes, nothing but the feeling of Thistle's hands in your hair and the warm comfort of bed... and then, finally, you have to get up to pee.
"mmmh," you complain. "Scootch over."
Thistle shifts down the bed obligingly, and you sit up, hugging your sheet to your breasts. "Mm. Get off my sheet, bathroom."
She blinks. "- sorry, I don't -? "
You just sigh, and swing your legs over to stand up. If Thistle wants to ogle you she can: you just need to pee.
"Bathroom," you say.
"- Oh," she says. "right."
"Back soon."
"Mhm."
"Gonna take a shower too. Don't mind waiting?"
"Nope!", she chirps.
"'kay."
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You step out of the bathroom again with a towel wrapped around you, and find Thistle still sitting on your bed, a smile on her face.
"I like your rooms," she says, still looking over at your violin on its stand. "They're cozy, and very - you."
You blink. You'd never really thought of the priestess' suite as being a place that you... owned, exactly? It was always a bit of an entertaining space, but you guess that your personality might have rubbed off on it a little anyways.
"Mm?", you say.
Thistle looks over at you. "Yeah, it's got the - "
You look at her.
"- you even wear it while you sleep?", she asks.
"wha - oh." Your fingers find the sunflower pendant at your throat, and you blush deeply. "Y-yeah. Of course."
She's blushing just as much as you, now. Her lips form an 'o' as she mouths a silent 'gosh'.
"I love you, " you say. It seems like the thing to do.
She nods, not quite able to meet your gaze. "You really do, don't you?"
"Mhm," you say, and step in. Your hand touches her chin, tilts it up towards you: you lean in, and kiss her.
Her lips are soft.
"I love you too," she says.
... You don't know what to say to that, so you just kiss her again.
When you pull away again, your towel falls off.
"- Ack!"
Squatting down, you cover your breasts with one hand, gathering up your lost towel with the other. You blush, horribly.
Thistle giggles. "What are you doing, Sunflower? It's not as if I've never seen you naked before."
You flush. "It's different with you! You're - I care what you think, Thistle. You're not like my - other clients. - fuck, did I really just say that."
She smiles. "I bet you tell all the cute shadow girls that."
You stand, still holding the towel in front of you. "Yeah, actually, seeing as I only know one..."
Thistle nods understandingly. "I see, I see. Only one shadow girl, or only one cute shadow girl?"
"Only one shadow girl I'm in love with," you say, batting aside the bait. "Now either take your clothes off or let me put mine on, miss. You've caused quite enough trouble for me this morning already!"
She bites her lip, and looks down into her lap. "Um," she says. "Ummmmmmm."
You raise an eyebrow. "Hard decision?"
"Mhm." Her gaze flicks up along your body, then darts away. "...You're really hot, but I want to do things that aren't sex with you too, Sunflower..."
You sit down on the bed next to her, and neatly fold the towel up in your lap. "Any suggestions?"
To her credit, Thistle manages not to stare at your bare breasts. "Um," she says. "Weren't you going to give me a tour of the temple?"
You hum softly. "Does that make this a date, then?"
Her brow furrows. "Mmm. I guess so, yeah." She shrugs.
You kiss her shoulder, and nod.
She huffs, crossing her arms in a mock pout. "Elisandraaa! What was I just saying? And, anyway - shouldn't you be saving that for the Rite tomorrow?"
"... right now," you say, "I just want to feel treasured and loved."
"And hairpetting isn't enough?"
"- wrong kind of treasured. I want to be... trusted? To know what's right? I want to... be in control?"
Thistle... nods, slowly. "Okay. Okay, I get that. Do you want to - have that with me?"
"Yeah," you say. "I do."
"You want me to submit to you?"
"Mhm."
"... I could do that for you, Eli..."
You let out a frustrated sigh. " - no, not that way - "
Thistle blinks, and looks at you. "- sorry, what?"
"- I don't want you to submit to me out of pity, Thistle, I want to earn it. I want to feel like all my courtesan training didn't go to waste."
"Oh," she says. " - I trust you, Sunflower. I don't think you're a bad priestess."
"...really?"
She nods. "You love me. You'd never hurt me."
"- even by accident?"
Her hand finds yours, and squeezes it. "Not even by accident."
"...okay," you say. "You don't have to prove it."
"... honestly, now I kind of want to," she admits.
You take a breath.
[ ] "- No, you really don't have to. I believe you. You don't have to - pretend you're interested, love. This wasn't even supposed to be a date."
[ ] "- No, that's okay. I believe you. And - I want to do other things with you too, Thistle. Date things. I want to share my whole life with you, you know, and - we still hardly know each other properly, at least outside the bedroom?"
[ ] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."
[ ] "...if you're sure, I guess we could... do something...?"
[ ] "Then get down on your knees for me, Thistle."
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- National Capital Region, USA
[X] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."
Admitting you really want to see your lover writhe under you in all senses of the term, and admitting you want them so bad it overwhelms other impulses are both big signs of feeling and trust, that you're under their influence even when theoretically on top.
Admitting you really want to see your lover writhe under you in all senses of the term, and admitting you want them so bad it overwhelms other impulses are both big signs of feeling and trust, that you're under their influence even when theoretically on top.
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- Somewhere else
[X] "- No, that's okay. I believe you. And - I want to do other things with you too, Thistle. Date things. I want to share my whole life with you, you know, and - we still hardly know each other properly, at least outside the bedroom?"
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[X] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."
cute lewds are the best lewds.
cute lewds are the best lewds.
- Location
- Illinois
- Pronouns
- Ze/Zer/Zem
[X] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."
Also, very glad to see this back.
Also, very glad to see this back.
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- Sol III
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- She/Her
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I don't think she's just humoring us.
[ ] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."
[ ] "...if you're sure, I guess we could... do something...?"
[ ] "Then get down on your knees for me, Thistle."
...hmm.
If she wants to sub for us, then let's give her what she wants.
[X] "Then get down on your knees for me, Thistle."
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Emerald Leaves and Crimson Petals
- Location
- Vancouver
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] " - I guess we could do something quickly before our, um, date proper? I - I still want to do some other things with you that aren't sex, Thistle, but I have to admit I'd love to see you squirm beneath me right now..."