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tempting_the_fates ([personal profile] tempting_the_fates) wrote2025-06-10 03:43 am

Nyx + Willy

The wagon didn't look very large, but magic was deceptive that way. The horses had been fed and tethered for the night, still grazing near the camp as the sun went down. A fire nearby was cooking something, the soft glow showing off the colours of the painted wagon that had been parked nearby. It wasn't much to look at, with its tatty curtains and chipped paint, but inside was nice, with a plush bed that didn't seem like it should fit, and rich velvet bedding.

Nyx was sitting just a bit too close to the fire, a slice of veg charring on a stick over the flame, beside a pot of something filling and warm. Potato soup, most likely- Maybe with a bit of leek.

"Did you see that man before, the one that was headed into town? He had a nice watch. I'd like a watch, I think," the nymph said, even though he had no need to tell time, and never seemed to wear things that had pockets to hold a pocket watch.
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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-16 12:39 am (UTC)(link)

"I do," he sighed softly, staring into the fire.

"Sometimes I fear you feel trapped in this world," he confessed.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)

That small reassurance brought a smile to the sidhe's lips.

"I am happy I please you," he said, turning to look at him and admire him in the firelight.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-16 02:07 am (UTC)(link)

Willy slipped his arm around him.

"Bare," was his only addition.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-16 02:51 am (UTC)(link)

"No, little bird, my belly is full. Douse the fire and I will play 7s a lullaby before bed," he told him warmly, then fetched his guitar to play.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-18 01:06 am (UTC)(link)

He played gently, a soft tune to bid the night farewell. He had a rich voice that cut to the very heart. He let the string fade on their own before he finished and put the instrument away.

"To bed," he decided, standing and giving a big stretch that cracked his shoulders and back.

"Tsstss, to bed," he shooed Nyx with a kind smile.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-18 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)

Willy followed after, stripped bare at the foot of the bed and crawled in with him. He squirmed and wriggled and finally settled close to feel as much of Nyx against him as he could.

"No palace bed could compare to this," he sighed happily, kissing Nyx where he could reach.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-18 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)

Once Nyx was settled, Willy buried his face in the nymph's hair and breathed him in. Outside the caravan the nightbirds called and the wind rustled the trees, but in their bed it was warm and safe as any nest.

"Try to sleep, little bird," he whispered.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-19 12:28 am (UTC)(link)

"Not tired? Then let me tell you a tale," Willy replied, taking a breath.

"Once, there was an elf price. The most beautiful, with hair the colour of silver moonlight and eyes as black as obsidian. Our prince one day decided he was bored of all the delights of the palace and set out into the wylds to seek pleasure. First, he found a sprite who offered him mushrooms of all colours of the rainbow. He ate them and opened his mind to the many pleasures of the world..."

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-19 01:18 am (UTC)(link)

Willy groaned and hummed, rolling away in protest of being torn from his dreams. But he was awake and rolled back to find Nyx to hold him in this waking world.

"The night was too short," he grumbled.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-19 01:46 am (UTC)(link)

"Mmm, but we do beneath the moon would make the sun blush," he grinned, grabbing onto Nyx and rolling him on top so Willy could look up at him.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-19 02:12 am (UTC)(link)

"You do try," Willy smiled. "And I love how you do. How could I ever feel shame when you are perfect?"

That was hardly true. Nyx was, more often than not, The Problem. But Willy adored him and saw past the nymph's flaws.

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[personal profile] willysilver 2025-06-19 02:45 am (UTC)(link)

WIlly caught his face in one warm palm and held him still so he could enjoy the nymph's sweet kiss. There was no question Willy loved Nyx. Part of that love was letting Nyx be Nyx, free to love and play as he liked. Willy kissed him with the confidence of one who knew that he was the one called home.

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