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David came and joined him. He ate sparingly of the good food, not seeming to want it. James didn't like the sharpness to his cheekbones, or the hollow look of his eyes. He looked thinner than usual, always a bad sign.
At the end of dinner, James got out a bottle of David's favorite sweet red wine and poured them both a glass. David took it, staring into the ruby liquid, his face impossibly sad for a moment.
James leaned in and kissed him, a small brush of David's lips to see where they stood now. He half-expected, almost anticipated getting bitten. But David returned the kiss, his free arm going around James' neck, and clung. James allowed this intimacy for several moments and then broke.
“Bed. Now.” James made it a command rather than a request. David was in no headspace to ask to be taken to bed.
“Yes, please, Master.”
James did his best not to wince. It should have been “darling.” It should have been “love.” It should have been anything except the chilly “Master.” He lingered to put the bottle of wine away, noticing David had taken his along.
David was naked and waiting when he got there.
James set his mostly full wineglass on the dresser next to David's empty one and began unfastening his cufflinks. “I know what you want. But I'm not going to give it tonight, lover.”
“Whatever pleases you, Master.” David knelt impeccably on the edge of the bed, his body completely open to James' whim, his face looking as if he'd rather be anywhere else on earth.
James ached with the sight of it. He wanted to cry, to kiss away the tears he saw welling David's eyes. David would never forgive himself for showing that particular weakness outside of a punishment. He pulled David close, unable to bear the look an instant more.
“David.” A whisper. A prayer. Even a word that simply meant “beloved.” James didn't know or care which he had just let out. He stroked one hand though David's thick blond curls, seeing the gray that almost overwhelmed the gold.
David came and joined him. He ate sparingly of the good food, not seeming to want it. James didn't like the sharpness to his cheekbones, or the hollow look of his eyes. He looked thinner than usual, always a bad sign.
At the end of dinner, James got out a bottle of David's favorite sweet red wine and poured them both a glass. David took it, staring into the ruby liquid, his face impossibly sad for a moment.
James leaned in and kissed him, a small brush of David's lips to see where they stood now. He half-expected, almost anticipated getting bitten. But David returned the kiss, his free arm going around James' neck, and clung. James allowed this intimacy for several moments and then broke.
“Bed. Now.” James made it a command rather than a request. David was in no headspace to ask to be taken to bed.
“Yes, please, Master.”
James did his best not to wince. It should have been “darling.” It should have been “love.” It should have been anything except the chilly “Master.” He lingered to put the bottle of wine away, noticing David had taken his along.
David was naked and waiting when he got there.
James set his mostly full wineglass on the dresser next to David's empty one and began unfastening his cufflinks. “I know what you want. But I'm not going to give it tonight, lover.”
“Whatever pleases you, Master.” David knelt impeccably on the edge of the bed, his body completely open to James' whim, his face looking as if he'd rather be anywhere else on earth.
James ached with the sight of it. He wanted to cry, to kiss away the tears he saw welling David's eyes. David would never forgive himself for showing that particular weakness outside of a punishment. He pulled David close, unable to bear the look an instant more.
“David.” A whisper. A prayer. Even a word that simply meant “beloved.” James didn't know or care which he had just let out. He stroked one hand though David's thick blond curls, seeing the gray that almost overwhelmed the gold.
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