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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-07 04:40 am (UTC)(link)

[ Dark eyes watched the other man, turning the question over in his mind.

It was true, Arthur could get up and walk out and leave Eames with an empty hotel room for the night, a cold bed. It was a scenario he had contemplated as he set things up, as he slid over cash and watched the minutes tick down. But he had hedged his bets that the other wouldn't, that the thing he'd felt between them on the last jobs wasn't his own imagination. It wasn't love, of course not - he didn't think either of them was right capable of it, not in their line of work. But he knew Arthur, worked with him more than anyone else, and at some point he had finally admitted that Arthur held a physical attraction he couldn't quite deny. Why he couldn't say, but it was there and it gnawed at him, a dream that could be tantalizing real if they but let it.

And that was the draw, wasn't it? Making these fantastic things they dreamed real, when so much of what they did could never be, simply impossible because the real world had its laws that no amount of imagination and wishing could break. ]

Honest truth, I don't. You could and I wouldn't try to stop you. But I rather hoped a good drink and something sweet would be enough to keep you.

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-07 05:03 am (UTC)(link)

It has been a delightful change of pace for me to be the condescending one for once.

[ Sparring words, if only out of habit rather than meaning them. It was a habit built up over years, impossible to shake now, almost a reflex even.

He reached over to take the bottle, pouring himself another measure, suddenly finding he needed the liquid courage himself. ]

Keep you here, keep you interested.

[ Keep him around for another night rather than parting ways so soon, the days between as yet unknown and uncounted. Arthur, dare he say it, was his own true friend in the world for all that they clashed, and for all that the word friend was lightly used. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-08 04:22 am (UTC)(link)

[ The refusal to look at him did not escape Eames, the Englishman watching Arthur with hooded eyes, his pulse picking up, recognizing an opportunity for what it was, a turning point. His words would need to be chosen carefully, like watching for the sticks in the brush lest you scare away the deer. ]

You never stick around long enough to notice.

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-08 06:10 am (UTC)(link)

Texting me isn't sticking around me.

[ He raised a brow, daring Arthur to challenge that, tossing back a stiff swallow of his drink. Behind him the city began to glow of its own accord, making the pool glitter with reds, yellows, and neons. It reflected back into the room, soft waves, like measuring a pulse. ]

While you puzzle that one over...

[ Eames pushed up from his chair after slipping off his shoes and socks, unbuttoning his shirt as he pulled open the balcony doors. He stepped out, shrugging out of the salmon sleeves, exposing the muscular back, graced with gallons of ink. Next went his pants and underwear, tossed aside as casually as the shirt. He paused at the edge of the pool, city lights silhouetting his cut form before he dove into the neon-blue waters. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-08 06:32 am (UTC)(link)

[ Eames turned to consider Arthur, unashamed of his own nakedness compared to Arthur's far more demure state. His toes curled at the edge of the pool, the dips and rises of his musculature highlighted by the glare of the city around them. ]

I suppose this makes me greedy then, but your standards.

[ Thighs flexed, launching him into the pool with a surprisingly quiet splash. He surfaced a moment later, slicking back his hair and slowly wading through the water back towards Arthur, highlighted blue from the reflection of the pool. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-08 07:12 am (UTC)(link)

[ Eames stood at the edge, looking up at him. It wasn't that he didn't understand. He did. Friends were a dangerous thing in their line of work, the trust to easy to betray, take advantage of. It made links, lines that their enemies could follow, or drag you down if things went sideways. There was the logical part of him that said it was best to leave this as it was, to not press further. But he was only a man, and even men could grow lonely, could weary of having no one to confide in, however shallowly. He had no illusions that he could whisper his deepest secrets to Arthur, but he had the passing fancy they could at least share the knowledge and burden of common experience. ]

For one, you can stop blocking my view.

[ He reached up, grabbing Arthur around his knees and hauling with the strength of his back to topple the man over him and into the water behind. He let go quickly and pushed off the wall, out of the way of any flailing, lips spread in a smug, wicked grin. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-09 05:58 am (UTC)(link)

[ Eames let himself be caught, pushing off the bottom to move Arthur back against the wall of the pool. He didn't quite press flush, leaving a few inches of space, enough for Arthur to escape if he wanted to. ]

I'm good for it, I'm sure.

[ He leaned his head in, scant millimeters separating them, close enough that their breath mingled. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-09 06:35 am (UTC)(link)

[ Had Eames been a lesser man, he would have pressed it further. He would have crushed his body against Arthur's, ravaged his mouth, made him want it. But Eames wasn't a lesser man, for all he could play one just fine. ]

So you are.

[ He brushed his lips across Arthur's temple, fingers smoothing the wet strands of hair tenderly before he pushed away from him, turning to near float on his back in the water. Who could say how much of both those gestures had been calculated? He wasn't sure himself, though he knew it wasn't 100%. To much filled the space of those inches between them for him to play his old tricks, to separate himself neatly and coldly like taking off one of his dream forms. ]

Since you're wet you might as well enjoy the pool while we have it. I paid for the night.

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-13 06:12 am (UTC)(link)

One likes to have assurances, darling. I can never be to sure with you.

[ A true enough fact. It was easy to predict almost everyone else around him, pick off their ticks, their habits, break down their physiological reactions and relationships. Arthur was harder, as was almost everyone in their line of work. They had all learned to hide things so well to keep themselves from being invaded when they were linked so intimately through the dreams, leaned how to lock away their secrets and bury them deep.

Eames glided through the water back to Arthur, floating in a tight circle around him, fingers reaching out to glide across the hem of his underwear. ]

No need to be shy, darling.

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-14 04:05 am (UTC)(link)

[ Eyes squeezed shut on instinct, the Brit snorting and sloshing a way at water at the other man. ]

Modesty never saw men into the annals of history!

[ He shook his head, darting back in to snap the band of Arthur's underwear beneath the surface. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-14 06:35 am (UTC)(link)

Do you wish to be remembered instead as the man to frightened to take off his pants?

[ He let Arthur catch him, chuckling low in his throat, slipping closer to him, tangling their legs. His free hand darted down, plucking at the elastic again, brushing over the smooth belly. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-15 06:16 am (UTC)(link)

Wouldn't you be insulted if I wasn't trying?

[ He began circling him again, glancing his fingers across his back and stomach, thighs bumping against him as he treaded the water. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-15 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)

[ He chuckled, unafraid to let the sound loose. Arms slipped around Arthur's waist, pressing up behind him, solid muscle to svelte frame. He bent his head, kissing his shoulder. ]

You called?

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-20 04:26 am (UTC)(link)

Why must I always be trying to accomplish something?

[ Fingers stroked feather light across his arms, dipped beneath the water to run across his sides, trace the fine lines of his stomach to cup his hips, hold him close without trapping him. ]

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-28 05:36 am (UTC)(link)

[ A dangerous path, one worth exploring. One they had entertained more than once, caught up in the rush of a job, that aching thing called loneliness. He bent his head, plush lips stroking a path over Arthur's shoulder, up the swan like length of his neck, nearly as pale. Arthur made for a beautiful man, in Eame's estimation, the sort the master's of old would have fought each for the right to have him be their muse. ]

So tell me what you think I'm after then. You always tell me you know me so well.

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-28 06:30 am (UTC)(link)

I have another job lined up.

[ Honest words, but words he could afford to be honest with. Jobs were jobs. They were safe to speak about, business and nothing more. But beneath the simple words lay another truth - that he would be leaving. Going somewhere, and who knew how far away for how long. Nothing in their relationship said either of them ever had to tell where they were going, only some strange, unspoken arrangement letting them know when they shared a city. ]

My flight's tomorrow evening.

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[personal profile] dream_bigger_darling 2015-04-28 06:58 am (UTC)(link)

Do you want me to say it?

[ Plush lips pressed to his ear, teeth squeezing tender flesh to pinkness. He moved behind it to suck, pulling with his lips, the tip of his tongue tracing wild patterns across his skin. ]