Jacob leans down and kisses him again, gentle this time.
"Yeah. Me, too. Neither of us are good at that part." He pauses. "And I meant what I said. I don't- give a shit that you're sleeping with other people as long as you want it." He almost leaves it at that. Almost. "But - I think I'm done with it for a while. Makes shit messy, for me."
"Well, you know I don't mind either way," he murmurs, snuggling in close
again, tucking his head under Jacob's chin. "Don't feel like you need to
tell me, if that changes."
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Date: 2024-09-18 04:41 pm (UTC)"No. Absolutely not. But I'm - glad, we've talked about it," he says, haltingly. "Now and previously."
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Date: 2024-09-18 04:44 pm (UTC)"Yeah. Me, too. Neither of us are good at that part." He pauses. "And I meant what I said. I don't- give a shit that you're sleeping with other people as long as you want it." He almost leaves it at that. Almost. "But - I think I'm done with it for a while. Makes shit messy, for me."
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Date: 2024-09-18 04:50 pm (UTC)Astarion nods.
"Well, you know I don't mind either way," he murmurs, snuggling in close again, tucking his head under Jacob's chin. "Don't feel like you need to tell me, if that changes."
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Date: 2024-09-18 04:53 pm (UTC)"I didn't know that," he argues gently. "That you didn't care. Like I said, we aren't good at the talking part sometimes."
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Date: 2024-09-18 04:56 pm (UTC)"...Oh. I, ah, must have assumed," he says, mildly. "I don't want to ask anything of you that I'm not prepared to offer myself."
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Date: 2024-09-18 05:02 pm (UTC)"That doesn't mean you don't want it," he remarks, mostly teasing.
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Date: 2024-09-18 05:16 pm (UTC)"...I know."
Astarion snags his side of the blanket and pulls it up over their bodies.
"And I don't. I mean it."
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Date: 2024-09-18 05:20 pm (UTC)He takes a long breath and lets it out, relaxing. "Tell your cat not to sleep on my face in the morning," he mutters.
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Date: 2024-09-18 05:26 pm (UTC)Astarion chuckles and reaches out to turn out the light.
"She does as she pleases, darling, and I'm afraid you're warmer."
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Date: 2024-09-18 05:28 pm (UTC)