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[featherduster]

i preemptively know i'll need this

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Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ He disentangles his arm from Frost's, but only so he can gently run his flesh-and-blood fingers over the edges of the scale ]

You must have done this once we disembarked...?

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[he’s slowly going pinker and pinker]

It was—an impulse. I passed a—well, anyway, I commissioned a pair.

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ Looking up at him intently ]

What's on yours?

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[he takes it out to show him; there’s a little silver tag shaped like a feather on it, but]

…a placeholder. I thought I’d ask for one of yours later, or…whatever you felt was appropriate.

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ A small smile

And a feathery tendril appears from his forearm, hooking itself toward Frost invitingly ]

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[‘-‘

politely closes his fingers around it]

Doesn’t it hurt to pull these?

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ His lips twitch slightly ]

I've caught bullets with them. It's fine.

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

Goodness.

[he yanks it quick and clean then, careful]

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ It earns only the slightest little cringe, but the pure pleased tailwag energy of him offsets it ]

There. You can replace the placeholder.

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[blinks in surprise as it starts to stiffen…fiddles with it a sec to make sure part of it crystallizes into a little loop, before making the switch. offers it to Aloe after, laid across his palm]

Put it on me…?

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

Wrist? Or...

[ His eyes flick up, briefly, to where Frost wears his scarf ]

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

Whatever you want.

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ If HE had scales to poof up, they would.

He reaches up to slowly unwind Frost's scarf ]

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[tilts his chin up once it’s removed, to make this easier]

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ He comes around behind him to clasp the collar in place, adjusting it slightly.

He doesn't step back immediately once it's done, tracing his finger over the line of it. ]

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[he can see the gentle rise of Frost’s feathers around it, the tiny shiver at the drag of his finger.

swallows, hard, feeling the new pressure there]

How does it look?

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ He's kind of glad Frost can't see his expression ]

Like it belongs there.

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

It does.

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ He rests his forehead against the nape of Frost's neck for a sec; a little overwhelmed, suddenly ]

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[finds his wrist to hold again, quietly]

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ Quietly, without moving ]

I love you too.

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

[he feels Frost freeze, just for a moment, even his breath stopping

then he brings Aloe’s hand up to his face again, mouth against his fingers like a promise

he doesn’t say anything right away, but also wet warmth drips down Aloe’s hand, so there might be a good reason for that.]

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ He starts a little, but doesn't move away. There's an uncertain concern in his voice ]

Frost...?

Re: cw gore, torture

[endsjustified]

I love you.

[he sounds a bit wrecked, as one might when they just burst into tears on the spot, but he does get it out]

Re: cw gore, torture

[featherduster]

[ Coming around to face him finally, cupping his free hand against the side of his face ]

Are you still afraid?