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tempting_the_fates ([personal profile] tempting_the_fates) wrote2024-01-17 08:17 pm

Hex

He'd been thinking he needed to go see John, but putting it off longer and longer... Too long, it turned out, as he hung with his head out the open window, being sick into the sea. It was still open as he sat crumpled on the floor, a cup of water beside him and cold sweat sitting on his skin.

He just needed a moment to pull himself together, a few spells to clean himself up, then he could go find John. He could get a quick fix to get him through another week or so. ...But how long could this really go on? John's magic was a bandage, not a cure.

He heard someone approaching the door, and his arms trembled as he tried to pull himself up off the floor.
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[personal profile] just_hex 2024-01-20 04:46 am (UTC)(link)

"Let me," he begged breathlessly. "Let me go. Let me have you..."

The second the spell released, the force of it hit him. Hex shook hard as it tore from his very bones and then had him melting over Nyx.

He only just fell to the side rather than crush him.

"Bloody hell," he panted.

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[personal profile] just_hex 2024-01-20 04:57 am (UTC)(link)

It took Hex a moment to gather his wits, and then he gathered Nyx close to kiss him lazily. He didn't hold him tight, but he couldn't let him go. He couldn't imagine how he'd kept his hands off him for as long as he had.

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[personal profile] just_hex 2024-01-20 05:07 am (UTC)(link)

"I'll keep you forever," he promised, warm and soft as he nuzzled in close.

"Even once we free you...I'll never let you go."

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[personal profile] just_hex 2024-01-20 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)

Hex was content to hold Nyx and pet him and kiss him. He was spent like he had never been. There was only kindness in his fingertips as he explored the shape of the fae.

Nyx was still and Hex thought maybe he'd drifted off. He stayed still, delighting in the weight of him.